Therefore I am[a] filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.(A)
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
My heart staggers;
horror terrifies me.
He has turned my last glimmer of hope[b]
into sheer terror.(B)
Prepare a table,(C) and spread out a carpet!
Eat and drink!
Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:3 Lit Therefore my loins are
  2. Isaiah 21:4 Lit my twilight

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