1. Oracle on the wastelands by the sea:Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negeb,it comes from the desert,from the fearful land.
2. A harsh vision has been announced to me:“The traitor betrays,the despoiler spoils.Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media;put an end to all its groaning!”
3. Therefore my loins are filled with anguish,pangs have seized me like those of a woman in labor;I am too bewildered to hear,too dismayed to look.
4. My mind reels,shuddering assails me;The twilight I yearned forhe has turned into dread.
5. They set the table,spread out the rugs;they eat, they drink. Rise up, O princes,oil the shield!
6. For thus my Lord said to me:Go, station a watchman,let him tell what he sees.