1. The burden of the desert by the sea: As windstorms sweep over the South, so it comes from the desert, a terrifying land.
2. A harsh vision has been shown to me: “The traitor betrays, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.”
3. Therefore my body is filled with pain. Pangs have taken hold of me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bewildered by what I hear, terrified by what I see.
4. My heart is bewildered, terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling.
5. Set the table, spread out the cloth! Eat! Drink! “Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!”
6. For Adonai has said to me. “Go, post a watchman— let him declare what he sees!