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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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The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
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 stern vision is told to me; the betrayer betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
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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Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
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My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
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 prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Rise up, commanders, oil the shield!
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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For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, post a lookout, let him announce what he sees.
7 And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.
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When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."
8 And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.
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Then the watcher called out: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed throughout the night.
9 Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.
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Look, there they come, riders, horsemen in pairs!" Then he responded, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground."
10 O my thrashing, and the children of my floor, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.
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O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
11 The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? watchman, what of the night?
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The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, "Sentinel, what of the night? Sentinel, what of the night?"
12 The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.
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The sentinel says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."
13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.
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The oracle concerning the desert plain. In the scrub of the desert plain you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
14 Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
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Bring water to the thirsty, meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
15 For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.
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For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the stress of battle.
16 For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.
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For thus the Lord said to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;
17 And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.
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and the remaining bows of Kedar's warriors will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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