² A stern vision is told to me;
    ^(A)the traitor betrays,
    and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O ^(B)Elam;
    lay siege, O ^(C)Media;
all the ^(D)sighing she has caused
    I bring to an end.

^16 (A)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to ^(B)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
    I waste away. Woe is me!
For ^(C)the traitors have betrayed,
    with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”

33 ^(A)Ah, you destroyer,
    who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
    whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
    you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
    they will betray you.