| Chapter 21 |
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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. --
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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. --
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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]. --
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. --
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield. --
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. --
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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: --
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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: --
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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. --
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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. --
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? --
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. --
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The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. --
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. --
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. --
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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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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]. --
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