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God Commands That Babylon Be Taken
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying 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 harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.
The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.
For this reason my loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified 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 mind reels, horror overwhelms 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!
They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”
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 says to me,
“Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
“Go, station the lookout, let him report 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,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
Then the lookout called,
“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
“O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
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.”
“Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground.”
And one said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the images of her gods are shattered on 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 people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from the LORD of hosts,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.
What I have heard from the LORD of hosts,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Oracles about Edom and Arabia
The oracle concerning Edom.
One keeps calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, how far gone is the night?
Watchman, how far gone is 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 but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
The oracle about Arabia.
In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night,
O caravans of Dedanites.
In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night,
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.
Bring water for the thirsty,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Meet the fugitive with bread.
O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Meet the fugitive with bread.
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, and from the bent bow
And from the press of battle.
From the drawn sword, and 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, “In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;