21 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 My
heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath
he turned into fear unto me. 5 Prepare
the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and
anoint the shield. 6 For
thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what
he seeth. 7 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: 8 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:
9 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. 10 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. 11 The
burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night? 12 The
watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire,
enquire ye: return, come. 13 The
burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling
companies of Dedanim. 14 The
inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they
prevented with their bread him that fled. 15 For
they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow,
and from the grievousness of war. 16 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: 17 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.