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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 (21:1)

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 (21:2)

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] (21:3)

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me (21:4)

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield (21:5)

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth (21:6)

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: (21:7)

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: (21:8)

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 (21:9)

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 (21:10)

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? (21:11)

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come (21:12)

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim (21:13)

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled (21:14)

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war (21:15)

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: (21:16)

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] (21:17)

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