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21 : 1 Theoracle concerning the wilderness ofthe sea.As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,it comes from the wilderness,from a terrible land.
21 : 2 A stern vision is told to me;the traitor betrays,and the destroyer destroys.Go up, OElam;lay siege, OMedia;all thesighing she has causedI bring to an end.
21 : 3 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.
21 : 4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;the twilight I longed forhas been turned for me into trembling.
21 : 5 They prepare the table,they spread the rugs,they eat, they drink.Arise, O princes;oil the shield!
21 : 6 For thus the Lord said to me:Go, set a watchman;let him announce what he sees.
21 : 7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,riders on donkeys, riders on camels,let him listen diligently,very diligently.
21 : 8 Then he who saw cried out:Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,continually by day,and at my post I am stationedwhole nights.
21 : 9 And behold, here come riders,horsemen in pairs!And he answered,Fallen, fallen is Babylon;and all the carved images of her godshe has shattered to the ground.
21 : 10 Omy threshed and winnowed one,what I have heard from theLordof hosts,the God of Israel, I announce to you.
21 : 11 Theoracle concerningDumah.One is calling to me fromSeir,Watchman, what time of the night?Watchman, what time of the night?
21 : 12 The watchman says:Morning comes, and alsothe night.If you will inquire,inquire;come back again.
21 : 13 Theoracle concerningArabia.In the thickets inArabia you will lodge,Ocaravans ofDedanites.
21 : 14 To the thirsty bring water;meet the fugitive with bread,O inhabitants of the land ofTema.
21 : 15 For they have fled from the swords,from the drawn sword,from the bent bow,and from the press of battle.
21 : 16 For thus the Lord said to me,Within a year,according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory ofKedar will come to an end.
21 : 17 And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons ofKedar will be few,for theLord, the God of Israel, has spoken.