1. The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,it comes from the wilderness,from a terrible land.
2. A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays,and the destroyer destroys.Go up, O Elam;lay siege, O Media;all the sighing she has causedI bring to an end.
3. Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me,like the pangs of a woman in labor;I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4. My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed forhas been turned for me into trembling.
5. They prepare the table,they spread the rugs,they eat, they drink.Arise, O princes; oil the shield!