Isaiah:21:1-12

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* The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea . As whirlwinds in the South pass through , So it comes from the desert , from a terrible 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 . * Therefore my loins are filled with pain ; Pangs have taken hold of me , like the pangs of a woman in labor . I was distressed when I heard it ; I was dismayed when I saw it . * My heart wavered , fearfulness frightened me ; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me . * Prepare the table , Set a watchman in the tower , Eat and drink . Arise , you princes , Anoint the shield ! * For thus has the Lord said to me : "Go , set a watchman , Let him declare 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 . * Then he cried , "A lion , my Lord ! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime ; I have sat at my post every night . * 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 ." * 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 . * The burden against Dumah . He calls to me out of Seir , "Watchman , what of the night ? Watchman , what of the night ?" * The watchman said , "The morning comes , and also the night . If you will inquire , inquire ; Return ! Come back !"

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