Isaiah 21:2-4

Good News Translation

² I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction.

Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering which Babylon has caused.

³ What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain, pain like that of a woman in labor. ⁴ My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.