| Chapter 21
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1 | 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. |
2 | 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. |
3 | 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. |
4 | My heart panted,
fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear
unto me. |
5 |
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and
anoint the shield. |
6 |
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare
what he seeth. |
7 |
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: |
8 | 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: |
9 |
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. |
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:
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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. |
