Isaias

6 And they that dwell in this isle shall say, Behold, we had trusted to flee unto them for help, who could not be saved from the king of the Assyrians; and how shall we be saved?

XXI. 1 The vision of the desert.

As a tempest passeth through the desert, coming from a desert, from the land. Fearful

2 Is the vision, and hard, that was proclaimed to me. He that setteth at nought doth set at nought, and he that transgresseth doth transgress.

The Elamites are upon me, and the envoys of the Persians are coming against me. Now will I mourn, and will comfort myself.

3 Therefore are my loins filled with faintness, and pangs have taken hold of me, as her that travaileth- ; I did wrong, so as not to hear, I laboured earnestly so ’ not to see.

4 My heart wandereth, and my transgression overwhelmeth me; my soul turneth to fear.