Isaiah:21:1-12
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The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea .
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on ,
it comes from the desert ,
from a terrible land .
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A stern vision is told to me ;
the plunderer plunders ,
and the destroyer destroys .
Go up ,
O Elam ,
lay siege ,
O Media ;
all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end .
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Therefore my loins are filled with anguish ;
pangs have seized me ,
like the pangs of a woman in travail ;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear ,
I am dismayed so that I cannot see .
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My mind reels ,
horror has appalled me ;
the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling .
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They prepare the table ,
they spread the rugs ,
they eat ,
they drink .
Arise ,
O princes ,
oil the shield !
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For thus the Lord said to me : "
Go ,
set a watchman ,
let him announce what he sees .
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When he sees riders ,
horsemen in pairs ,
riders on asses ,
riders on camels ,
let him listen diligently ,
very diligently ."
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Then he who saw cried : "
Upon a watchtower I stand ,
O Lord ,
continually by day ,
and at my post I am stationed whole nights .
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And ,
behold ,
here come riders ,
horsemen in pairs !"
And he answered , "
Fallen ,
fallen is Babylon ;
and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground ."
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O my threshed and winnowed one ,
what I have heard from the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel ,
I announce to you .
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The oracle concerning Dumah .
One is calling to me from Se '
ir , "
Watchman ,
what of the night ?
Watchman ,
what of the night ?"
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The watchman says : "
Morning comes ,
and also the night .
If you will inquire ,
inquire ;
come back again ."
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