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Atomic Bible
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my body is filled with anguish.
from Babylon Is Fallen, Isaiah 21:1-10
What it says

Isaiah is seized with physical anguish like labor pains.

What it is doing

This verse shows the prophet embodying the burden of what he sees.

In context

1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: 2A dire vision is declared to me: 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. 4My heart falters; 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, 6For this is what the Lord says to me: 7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, 8Then the lookout shouted: 9Look, here come the riders, 10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,