² A dire^(A) vision has been shown to me:
    The traitor betrays,^(B) the looter takes loot.
Elam,^(C) attack! Media,^(D) lay siege!
    I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

¹⁶ From the ends of the earth^(A) we hear singing:^(B)
    “Glory^(C) to the Righteous One.”^(D)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!^(E)
    Woe^(F) to me!
The treacherous^(G) betray!
    With treachery the treacherous betray!^(H)”

⁸ You have neither heard nor understood;^(A)
    from of old your ears^(B) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous^(C) you are;
    you were called a rebel^(D) from birth.

⁷ As at Adam,^[a] they have broken the covenant;^(A)
    they were unfaithful^(B) to me there.