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Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrible land.
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrible land.
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.
The treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
And the plunderer plunders.
Go up, O Elam!
Besiege, O Media!
All its sighing I have made to cease.
A stern vision is told to me;
the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
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.
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.
My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me;
The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
Prepare the table,
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!
For thus has the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”
“Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”
For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman;
let him announce what he sees.
“Go, set a watchman;
let him announce what he sees.
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.
A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels,
And he listened earnestly with great care.
When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
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.”
Then he answered and said,
“Babylon is fallen, is fallen!
And all the carved images of her gods
He has broken to the ground.”
And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
And he answered,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
and all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”
horsemen in pairs!”
And he answered,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
and all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”
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.
That which I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
I have declared to you.
O my threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
The oracle concerning Dumah.
One is calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what time of the night?
Watchman, what time of the night?”
One is calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what time of the night?
Watchman, what time of the night?”
The watchman said,
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”
The watchman says:
“Morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
come back again.”
“Morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
come back again.”
The oracle concerning Arabia.
In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge,
O caravans of Dedanites.
In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge,
O caravans of Dedanites.
O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Bring water to him who is thirsty;
With their bread they met him who fled.
Bring water to him who is thirsty;
With their bread they met him who fled.
To the thirsty bring water;
meet the fugitive with bread,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
meet the fugitive with bread,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword,
From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.
From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.
For they have fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the press of battle.
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the press of battle.
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;
For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.