Isaiah 21:3-5

Modern English Version

³ Therefore, my loins are filled with pain;
    pangs have taken hold of me as the pangs of a woman who travails.
I am so perplexed at the hearing of it;
    I am so dismayed at the seeing of it.
⁴ My heart panted,
    fearfulness overwhelmed me;
the night for which I longed
    has turned into trembling for me.

⁵ Prepare the table,
    watch in the watchtower,
    eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
    and oil the shields.