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Isaiah 21:2–4

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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.

3Therefore lare my loins filled with pain:

mPangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth:

I was nbowed down at the hearing of it;

I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4||My heart panted, ofearfulness affrighted me:

pThe night of my qpleasure hath he †turned into fear unto me.

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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.
  8. lNahum 2:10. So Ezek. 30:4, 9. See ch. 15:5.
  9. mSee ch. 13:8.
  10. nPs. 38:6 (Heb.).
  11. ||Or, My mind wandered.
  12. oSee Ps. 55:5.
  13. pComp. Deut. 28:67.
  14. qSee 1 Kin. 9:1.
  15. †Heb. put. Gen. 2:8, &c.

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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.

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;

pangs have seized me,

like the pangs of a woman in labor;

I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;

I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;

the twilight I longed for

has been turned for me into trembling.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

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.

At this my body is racked with pain,

pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;

I am staggered by what I hear,

I am bewildered by what I see.

My heart falters,

fear makes me tremble;

the twilight I longed for

has become a horror to me.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

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.”

Therefore I am filled with anguish.

Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.

I am too perplexed to hear,

too dismayed to see.

My heart staggers;

horror terrifies me.

He has turned my last glimmer of hope

into sheer terror.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

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.

My stomach aches and burns with pain.

Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,

like those of a woman in labor.

I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;

I am too afraid to look.

My mind reels and my heart races.

I longed for evening to come,

but now I am terrified of the dark.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

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.

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;

pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman giving birth.

I am too bent to hear,

I am too dismayed to see.

My mind staggers; fear terrifies me;

the twilight I desired brought me fear.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press