^{2 Ref} A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

^{3 Ref} Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

^{4 Ref} My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.