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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 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.
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.
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 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.
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,
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!
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 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.”
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 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.
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 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.”
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.
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.
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 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!”
A Message about Arabia
This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.
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.
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.
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 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 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;