Isaiah 21:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² a harsh vision that is shown to me:
    the traitor betrays
    and the despoiler despoils.
Go forth, O Elam;^[a]
    lay siege, O Media.
I will bring to an end
    all the pain she has inflicted.
³ Therefore, my loins are filled with anguish;
    pangs have seized me
    like those of a woman in labor.
I am so distraught that I cannot hear;
    I am too frightened even to look.
⁴ My mind reels,
    and I am overcome with dread;
the twilight I yearned for
    has become horrifying to me.