Isaiah 21:1-3

Easy-to-Read Version

It is coming like a storm blowing through the Negev.
    It is coming in from the desert, from a frightening nation.
² I was given a vision of the hard times to come.
    I see traitors turning against you.
    I see people taking your wealth.

Elam, go against them!
    Media, surround the city!
    I will put an end to all their moaning.

³ I saw those terrible things, and now I am afraid.
    My fear makes my stomach hurt like the pain of giving birth.
What I hear frightens me.
    What I see makes me shake with fear.