Isaiah 21:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

Like storms that pass over the Negev,
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
² A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,^(C)
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning.”
³ Therefore I am^[a] filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.^(D)
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.