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Isaiah 21:2

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2A †grievous vision is declared unto me;

fgThe treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and fthe spoiler spoileth.

Go up, hO Elam: besiege, iO Media;

All the sighing thereof khave I made to cease.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. hard. Heb. as ch. 19:4.
  2. fch. 33:1.
  3. gEx. 21:8 (Heb.). Judg. 9:23. 1 Sam. 14:33 marg. Job 6:15 (Heb.). ch. 24:16. & 33:1. & 48:8. Jer. 3:8, 11, 20. & 5:11. & 9:2. & 12:1. Lam. 1:2. Hos. 5:7. Mal. 2:10, 11, 14–16. Heb. as Ps. 25:3, note .
  4. fch. 33:1.
  5. hSee ch. 11:11.
  6. iSee ch. 13:17.
  7. kSee ch. 16:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A stern vision is told to me;

the traitor betrays,

and the destroyer destroys.

Go up, O Elam;

lay siege, O Media;

all the sighing she has caused

I bring to an end.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A dire vision has been shown to me:

The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot.

Elam, attack! Media, lay siege!

I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A troubling vision is declared to me:

“The treacherous one acts treacherously,

and the destroyer destroys.

Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I see a terrifying vision:

I see the betrayer betraying,

the destroyer destroying.

Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,

attack and lay siege.

I will make an end

to all the groaning Babylon caused.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A hard revelation is told to me;

the treacherous deals treacherously,

and the destroyer destroys.

Go up, Elam;

lay siege, Media!

I put an end to all of her sighing.