Isaiah 21:3

Babylon Is Fallen · Isaiah 21:1–10
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Translations

Modern
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Traditional
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Literal
Upon thus my loins are filled with pain; pangs have taken hold of me like the pangs of one giving birth. I am writhing from hearing; I am disturbed from seeing.
Latin
Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.

Interlinear

Hebrew
English
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

Notes

I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see: Through his vision, Isaiah felt the fear of the Babylonian people (see also Daniel 8:27; 10:16–17).

Events

Parallels

Revelation 18:1–8

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Babylon: City of Prophecies Concerning Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Birth: Pangs in Giving Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denunciations Against Babylon Persia: Prophecies Concerning