1 The message concerning the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep on, so it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
2 A distressing vision is revealed to me: the treacherous betrays, and the ravager ravages. Go up, O Ěylam! Besiege, O Media! All the groaning I bring to an end.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labour. I was distressed when I heard it; I was troubled when I saw it.
4 My heart reeled, horror overwhelmed me; the night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
5 Prepare the table, spread the mat, eat and drink. Arise, you princes, anoint the shield!
6 For יהוה has said this to me, “Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.”