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The Burden Against Babylon
Isaiah 21:1-5
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A prophecy about the coastal desert: Like whirlwinds sweeping over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from a fearsome land.
2
A dire vision has been shown to me: the betrayer betrays, and the spoiler spoils. 'Eilam, advance! Madai, lay siege! I will end all groaning.
3
This is why my insides are racked with pain; I am seized by pangs, like a woman in labor; wrenched by what I hear, aghast at what I see.
4
My mind reels, shuddering assails me. The twilight I longed for terrifies me.
5
They set the table, light the lamps, eat and drink - "Get going, princes! Oil the shields!"
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