Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 21:4
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My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
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Isaiah 21
2 A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
3 Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
4 My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
6 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
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