Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
This
is
the burden against
the Desert
by
the Sea :
Like
whirlwinds sweeping
through
the Negev
, an
invader
comes
from the desert
, from a land of
terror
.
The burden of
the wilderness
of
the sea .
As
whirlwinds in
the South
sweep
through
, it
cometh
from the wilderness
, from a terrible
land.
A dire
vision is declared to
me :
“
The traitor
still
betrays
, and the destroyer still
destroys
. Go up, O Elam !
Lay
siege
, O Media !
I will
put
an
end
to all
her
groaning
. ”
A 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
have
I made
to cease
.
Therefore my body
is
filled with anguish .
Pain
grips
me, like
the pains
of a woman in labor.
I am bewildered
to
hear ,
I am dismayed to
see.
Therefore are
my loins
filled with anguish ;
pangs
have
taken
hold
upon
me, as
the pangs
of a woman in travail:
I am pained
so
that
I
cannot
hear ;
I am dismayed so
that
I
cannot
see.
My heart falters;
fear
makes
me tremble.
The twilight of
my
desire
has
turned to
horror
.
My heart fluttereth,
horror
hath
affrighted
me ;
the twilight that
I
desired
hath
been
turned into
trembling
unto
me
.
They prepare a
table, they lay
out
a
carpet
, they eat, they drink !
Rise up, O
princes, oil
the shields!
They prepare the
table, they set
the
watch
, they eat, they drink :
rise up, ye
princes, anoint
the shield.
For this
is
what
the Lord says
to
me :
“
Go, post
a lookout
and
have
him report
what he sees.
For thus
hath
the Lord said
unto
me ,
Go, set
a watchman:
let
him declare
what he seeth:
When he sees
chariots
with
teams
of
horsemen, riders
on
donkeys
, riders
on
camels, he must
be
alert,
fully
alert
. ”
and
when he seeth
a
troop,
horsemen in
pairs
, a
troop
of
asses
, a
troop
of
camels, he shall
hearken
diligently
with
much
heed
.
Then
the
lookout
shouted
: “Day
after
day,
my
lord, I stand on
the watchtower;
night
after
night
I
stay
at
my post.
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
whole
nights;
Look
, here come
the
riders
, horsemen in pairs. ”
And one
answered, saying:
“
Fallen, fallen is Babylon !
All the images of her gods lie
shattered
on
the ground !”
and
, behold,
here cometh
a
troop
of
men
, 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 .
O my people
, crushed
on
the threshing
floor ,
I
tell
you
what
I have heard from the
LORD
of Hosts, the God of Israel.
O thou
my threshing
, and
the grain
of
my
floor !
that
which
I have heard from Jehovah
of hosts, the God of Israel ,
have
I
declared
unto
you
.
This
is
the burden against
Dumah :
One calls
to
me from
Seir, “
Watchman, what is
left
of the night? Watchman, what is
left
of the night? ”
The burden of
Dumah .
One calleth
unto
me out
of
Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The watchman replies
, “
Morning has
come
, but
also the night .
If you
would
inquire, then
inquire .
Come back
yet
again
. ”
The watchman said
, The
morning cometh
, and
also the night :
if ye
will
inquire, inquire ye:
turn
ye,
come.
This
is
the burden against
Arabia :
In the thickets
of
Arabia you
must
lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
The burden upon
Arabia .
In the forest
in
Arabia shall
ye
lodge, O ye
caravans of Dedanites.
Bring
water for
the thirsty,
O
dwellers
of Tema ;
meet the refugees
with food
.
Unto
him
that
was
thirsty
they
brought
water ;
the inhabitants
of the
land
of
Tema did
meet the fugitives
with their
bread
.
For they flee
from the sword—
the sword
that
is
drawn —
from the bow
that
is
bent, and from the stress
of battle
.
For they fled
away
from the swords,
from
the drawn sword,
and
from the bent bow
, and from the grievousness
of war
.
For this
is
what
the Lord says
to
me :
“
Within one
year, as
a hired
worker
would
count
it
, all the glory of Kedar will
be
gone.
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;
The remaining
archers, the warriors
of Kedar, will
be few .”
For the
LORD
, the God of Israel, has
spoken.
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
.
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