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Isaiah 21:2–4

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2A direu vision has been shown to me:

The traitor betrays,v the looter takes loot.

Elam,w attack! Media,x lay siege!

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

3At this my body is racked with pain,y

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

I am staggered by what I hear,

I am bewildereda by what I see.

4My heartb falters,

fear makes me tremble;c

the twilight I longed for

has become a horrord to me.

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Cross references

  1. uPs 60:3
  2. vIsa 24:16; 33:1
  3. wSee Ge 10:22; Isa 22:6
  4. xSee Isa 13:3; Jer 25:25; 51:28
  5. ySee Job 14:22
  6. zSee Ge 3:16; Ps 48:6; Isa 26:17; 37:3; Jer 30:6; 48:41; 49:22; Jn 16:21
  7. aDa 7:28; 8:27; 10:16
  8. bIsa 7:4; 35:4
  9. cSee Isa 13:8; Da 5:9
  10. dSee Ps 55:5

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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

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

KJV 1900King James Version

A grievous vision is declared unto me;

The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.

Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media;

All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Therefore are my loins filled with pain:

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

I was bowed down at the hearing of it;

I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me:

The night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

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