The burden of the
desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south
pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from
a terrible land.
02 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the
treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the
spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O
Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to
cease.
03 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs
have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman
that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing
of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
04 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me:
the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear
unto me.
05 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower,
eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the
shield.
06 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a
watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
07 And he saw a chariot with a couple of
horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of
camels; and he hearkened diligently with much
heed:
08 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand
continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,
and I am set in my ward whole nights:
09 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men,
with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and
said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the
graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the
ground.
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10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that
which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of
Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what
of the night?
12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and
also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye:
return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in
Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies
of Dedanim.
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought
water to him that was thirsty, they prevented
with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn
sword, and from the bent bow, and from the
grievousness of war.
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a
year, according to the years of an hireling, and
all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the
mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be
diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath
spoken it.
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