Chapter 21

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through;² [so] it cometh⁶ from the desert, from a terrible¹² land.

A grievous vision is declared⁹⁰ unto me; the treacherous dealer⁶ dealeth treacherously,⁶ and the spoiler⁶ spoileth.⁶ Go up,³ O Elam: besiege,³ O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.⁵²

Therefore are my loins filled¹ with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me,¹ as the pangs of a woman that travaileth:⁶ I was bowed down⁸ at the hearing² [of it]; I was dismayed⁸ at the seeing² [of it].

My heart panted,¹ fearfulness affrighted¹⁴ me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned¹ into fear unto me.

Prepare² the table, watch² in the watchtower, eat,² drink:² arise,³ ye princes, [and] anoint³ the shield.

For thus hath the Lord said¹ unto me, Go,³ set⁵⁴ a watchman,¹⁸ let him declare⁵⁵ what he seeth.⁴

And he saw¹ a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, [and] a chariot of camels; and he hearkened⁵² diligently with much heed:

And he cried,⁴ A lion: My lord, I stand⁶ continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set¹² in my ward whole nights:

And, behold, here cometh⁶ a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered⁴ and said,⁴ Babylon is fallen,¹ is fallen;¹ and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken¹⁴ unto the ground.

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard¹ of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared⁵² unto you.

The burden of Dumah. He calleth⁶ to me out of Seir, Watchman,⁶ what of the night? Watchman,⁶ what of the night?

The watchman⁶ said,¹ The morning cometh,¹ and also the night: if ye will enquire,⁴ enquire³ ye: return,³ come.³

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,⁴ O ye travelling companies⁶ of Dedanim.

The inhabitants⁶ of the land of Tema brought⁵² water to him² that was thirsty, they prevented¹⁴ with their bread him that fled.⁶

For they fled¹ from the swords, from the drawn⁷ sword, and from the bent⁷ bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For thus hath the Lord said¹ unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:¹

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished:⁴ for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken¹⁴ [it].