Isaiah:21
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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My heart wavered ,
fearfulness frightened me ;
The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me .
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Prepare the table ,
Set a watchman in the tower ,
Eat and drink .
Arise ,
you princes ,
Anoint the shield !
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For thus has the Lord said to me : "
Go ,
set a watchman ,
Let him declare what he sees ."
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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 .
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Then he cried , "
A lion ,
my Lord !
I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime ;
I have sat at my post every night .
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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 ."
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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 .
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The burden against Dumah .
He calls to me out of Seir , "
Watchman ,
what of the night ?
Watchman ,
what of the night ?"
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The watchman said , "
The morning comes ,
and also the night .
If you will inquire ,
inquire ;
Return !
Come back !"
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The burden against Arabia .
In the forest in Arabia you will lodge ,
O you traveling companies of Dedanites .
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O inhabitants of the land of Tema ,
Bring water to him who is thirsty ;
With their bread they met him who fled .
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For they fled from the swords ,
from the drawn sword ,
From the bent bow ,
and from the distress of war .
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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 ;
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and the remainder of the number of archers ,
the mighty men of the people of Kedar ,
will be diminished ;
for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it ."