Isaías 21:3

3 Por tanto, mis lomos se han llenado de dolor; angustias se apoderaron de mí, como angustias de mujer de parto; me agobié oyendo, y me espanté viendo

Isaías 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore are my loins filled with pain
As a woman at the time of childbirth, as the following words show: these words are spoken by the prophet, not with respect to himself, as if he was pained at heart at the prophecy and vision he had of the ruin of Babylon, since that was a mortal enemy of his people; and besides, their sighing being made to cease could never be a reason of distress in him, but of joy: these words are spoken by him in the person of the Babylonians, and particularly of Belshazzar their king: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that
travaileth;
which come suddenly and at once, are very sharp and strong, and inevitable, which cannot be escaped; so the sudden destruction of the wicked, and particularly of antichrist at the last day, and the terror that shall attend it, are expressed by the same metaphor, ( 1 Thessalonians 5:2 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ) : I was bowed down at the hearing [of it];
distorted and convulsed; not the prophet at the hearing of the prophecy, but Belshazzar, whom he personated, at hearing that Cyrus had entered the city, and was at the gates of his palace: I was dismayed at the seeing [of it];
the handwriting upon the wall, at which his countenance changed, his thoughts were troubled, his loins loosed, and his knees smote one against another, ( Daniel 5:6 ) .

Isaías 21:3 In-Context

1 Carga del desierto del mar. Como los torbellinos que pasan por el desierto en la región del Mediodía, así vienen de la tierra horrenda

2 Visión dura me ha sido mostrada. Para un prevaricador otro prevaricador; y para un destructor otro destructor. Sube, Elam; cerca, Media. Todo su gemido hice cesar

3 Por tanto, mis lomos se han llenado de dolor; angustias se apoderaron de mí, como angustias de mujer de parto; me agobié oyendo, y me espanté viendo

4 Se pasmó mi corazón, el horror me ha asombrado; la noche de mi deseo se me tornó en espanto

5 Pon la mesa, mira del atalaya, come, bebe, levantaos, príncipes, tomad escudo