Isaiah 21:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ The vision fills my body with pain.
    Pains take hold of me.
    They are like the pains of a woman having a baby.
I am shaken by what I hear.
    I’m terrified by what I see.
⁴ My heart grows weak.
    Fear makes me tremble.
I longed for evening to come.
    But it brought me horror instead of rest.

⁵ In my vision the Babylonians set the tables.
    They spread out the rugs.
    They eat and drink.
Get up, you officers!
    Rub your shields with oil!