Isaiah 21:2-6

A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have put an end to all the groaning she has caused.

For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; “Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, station the lookout, have him report what he sees.