God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

21 The (A)pronouncement concerning the [a](B)wilderness of the sea:

As (C)windstorms in the [b]Negev come in turns,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
A (D)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The (E)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, (F)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all [c]the groaning she has caused.
For this reason my (G)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a (H)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:1 Or sandy wastes, sea country
  2. Isaiah 21:1 I.e., South country
  3. Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning

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