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The Fall of Babylon Proclaimed

The [a]burden against the Wilderness of the Sea.
As whirlwinds in the South pass through,
So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.

1

Babylon is Fallen

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 distressing vision is declared to me;
The treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
And the plunderer plunders.
Go up, O Elam!
Besiege, O Media!
All its sighing I have made to cease.

2

A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

3

Therefore my loins are filled with pain;
Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor.
I was [b]distressed when I heard it;
I was dismayed when I saw it.

3

Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.

4

My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me;
The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.

4

My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

5

Prepare the table,
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!

5

Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.

6

For thus has the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”

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 pair of horsemen,
A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels,
And he listened earnestly with great care.

7

And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.

8

[c]Then he cried, “A lion, my Lord!
I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime;
I have sat at my post every night.

8

And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

9

And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!”
Then he answered and said,
“Babylon is fallen, is fallen!
And all the carved images of her gods
He has broken to the ground.”

9

-- And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. 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

Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor!
That which I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
I have declared to you.

10

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

11

Proclamation Against Edom

The [d]burden against Dumah.
He calls to me out of Seir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”

11

A Prophecy against Edom

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 comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”

12

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.

13

Proclamation Against Arabia

The [e]burden against Arabia.
In the forest in Arabia you will lodge,
O you traveling companies of Dedanites.

13

A Prophecy against Arabia

The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, [ye] caravans of Dedanites.

14

O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Bring water to him who is thirsty;
With their bread they met him who fled.

14

Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.

15

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword,
From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

15

For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

16

For thus the Lord has said to me: “Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of Kedar will fail;

16

For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

17

and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.”

17

and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.

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