For this reason my (A)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a (B)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
My [a]mind reels, [b]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (C)turned into trembling for me.
They (D)set the table, they [c]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
  2. Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering
  3. Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating

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