| Chapter
21 |
| 1 | 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 grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous
dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege,
O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. |
| 3 | Therefore are my loins filled with pain:
pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was
bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. |
| 4 | My heart panted, fearfulness
affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. |
| 5 | Prepare the table, watch in
the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. |
| 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 couple of
horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened
diligently with much heed: |
| 8 |
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in
the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: |
|
9 | And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a
couple of horsemen. 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 | O my threshing, and the corn of my
floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I
declared unto you. |
| 11 |
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 cometh, and also the night: if ye will
enquire, enquire ye: return, come. |
|
13 | The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,
O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. |
| 14 | The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to
him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. |
| 15 | For they fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of
war. |
| 16 | For thus hath
the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling,
and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: |
| 17 | And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty
men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel
hath spoken it. |
