Isaiah 21:3

21:3 For this reason my stomach churns;

cramps overwhelm me

like the contractions of a woman in labor.

I am disturbed by what I hear,

horrified by what I see.

Isaiah 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand.

For I know that you are very deceitful;

you were labeled a rebel from birth.


tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”

tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”

tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).