1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.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.The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.2A 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.”A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.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.A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.3Therefore 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.Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.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.Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.6For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”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:and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.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:And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.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.and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.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.O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.11This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.The burden on Arabia. You will lodge in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of Dedanites.The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.15For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.16For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,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:For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”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.and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
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