A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 21:2 in context
Isaiah 21:1–5
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The burden of the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
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A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
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Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.
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My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
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They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
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