Isaiah 21:3-4

21:3 For this reason my stomach churns; ¹ 

cramps overwhelm me

like the contractions of a woman in labor.

I am disturbed ²  by what I hear,

horrified by what I see.

21:4 My heart palpitates, ³ 

I shake in fear; ⁴ 

the twilight I desired

has brought me terror.

[21:3]  ¹ tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”

[21:3]  ² tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”

[21:4]  ³ tn Heb “wanders,” perhaps here, “is confused.”

[21:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “shuddering terrifies me.”