21 The ^[a]burden of the wilderness of the sea.

As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land. ² A ^[b]grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof ^[c]have I made to cease. ³ Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am ^[d]pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see. ⁴ My heart ^[e]fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me. ⁵ They prepare the table, they ^[f]set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield. ⁶ For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth: ^7 [g]and when he seeth ^[h]a troop, ^[i]horsemen in pairs, ^[j]a troop of asses, ^[k]a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed. ⁸ And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward ^[l]whole nights; ⁹ and, behold, here ^[m]cometh a troop of men, ^[n]horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.

¹⁰ O thou my threshing, and the ^[o]grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

¹¹ The ^[p]burden of Dumah.

One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, ^[q]what of the night? Watchman, ^[r]what of the night? ¹² The watchman said, The morning ^[s]cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: ^[t]turn ye, come.

¹³ The ^[u]burden upon Arabia.

In the ^[v]forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites. ¹⁴ Unto him that ^[w]was thirsty they brought water; ^[x]the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread. ¹⁵ For they fled away 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 a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail; ¹⁷ and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.