Isaiah:21

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* The burden of the desert of the sea . As whirlwinds come from the south , it cometh from the desert from a terrible land . * A grievous vision is told me : he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully : and he that is a spoiler , spoileth . Go up , O Elam , besiege , O Mede : I have made all the mourning thereof to cease . * Therefore are my loins filled with pain , anguish hath taken hold of me , as the anguish of a woman in labour : I fell down at the hearing of it , I was troubled at the seeing of it . * My heart failed , darkness amazed me : Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me . * Prepare the table , behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink : arise , ye princes , take up the shield . * For thus hath the Lord said to me : Go , and set a watchman : and whatsoever he shall see , let him tell . * And he saw a chariot with two horsemen , a rider upon an ass , and a rider upon a camel : and he beheld them diligently with much heed . * And a lion cried out : I am upon the watchtower of the Lord , standing continually by day : and I am upon my ward , standing whole nights . * Behold this man cometh , the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen , and he answered , and said : Babylon is fallen , she is fallen , and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground . * O my thrashing and the children of my door , that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , I have declared unto you . * The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir : Watchman , what of the eight ? watchman , what of the night ? * The watchman said : The morning cometh , also the night : if you seek , seek : return , come . * The burden in Arabia . In the forest at evening you shall sleep , in the paths of Dedanim . * Meeting the thirsty bring him water , you that inhabit the land of the south , meet with bread him that fleeth . * For they are fled from before the swords , from the sword that hung over them , from the bent bow , from the face of a grievous battle . * For thus saith the Lord to me : Within a year , according to the years of a hireling , all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away . * And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished : for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it .

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