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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.
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.
I see a terrifying vision:
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.
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.
My stomach aches and burns with pain.
Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
I am too afraid to look.
Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
I am too afraid to look.
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.
My mind reels and my heart races.
I longed for evening to come,
but now I am terrified of the dark.
I longed for evening to come,
but now I am terrified of the dark.
My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
Look! They are preparing a great feast.
They are spreading rugs for people to sit on.
Everyone is eating and drinking.
But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle.
You are being attacked!
They are spreading rugs for people to sit on.
Everyone is eating and drinking.
But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle.
You are being attacked!
Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.
Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,
“Put a watchman on the city wall.
Let him shout out what he sees.
“Put a watchman on the city wall.
Let him shout out what he sees.
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
He should look for chariots
drawn by pairs of horses,
and for riders on donkeys and camels.
Let the watchman be fully alert.”
drawn by pairs of horses,
and for riders on donkeys and camels.
Let the watchman be fully alert.”
And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.
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.
Now at last — look!
Here comes a man in a chariot
with a pair of horses!”
Then the watchman said,
“Babylon is fallen, fallen!
All the idols of Babylon
lie broken on the ground!”
Here comes a man in a chariot
with a pair of horses!”
Then the watchman said,
“Babylon is fallen, fallen!
All the idols of Babylon
lie broken on the ground!”
-- 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.
O my people, threshed and winnowed,
I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,
everything the God of Israel has told me.
I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,
everything the God of Israel has told me.
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.
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?
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.
If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.
If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.
A Message about Arabia
This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.
A Prophecy against Arabia
The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, [ye] caravans of Dedanites.
The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, [ye] caravans of Dedanites.
O people of Tema,
bring water to these thirsty people,
food to these weary refugees.
bring water to these thirsty people,
food to these weary refugees.
Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
They have fled from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.
For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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;