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1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
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A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
2 A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.
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A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.
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At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
4 My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
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My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
5 Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
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They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!
6 For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
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This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
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