Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
The burden of the wilderness
of the sea. `Like
hurricanes
in the south for
passing
through ,
From the wilderness
it
hath
come
, From a fearful
land.
The burden of the desert
of the sea. As
whirlwinds
in the south pass
through ;
so
it
cometh
from the desert
, from a terrible
land.
A hard
vision hath
been
declared to
me ,
The treacherous dealer is
dealing
treacherously, And the destroyer
is
destroying
. Go up, O Elam ,
besiege, O Media ,
All its
sighing I
have caused
to cease.
A grievous
vision is
declared unto
me ;
the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler
spoileth
. Go up, O Elam :
besiege, O Media ;
all the
sighing thereof
have I
made
to cease.
Therefore filled
have
been
my loins `
with '
great
pain ,
Pangs have seized
me as pangs of a travailing
woman ,
I have
been
bent
down by
hearing ,
I have
been
troubled
by
seeing.
Therefore are
my loins filled
with pain :
pangs have taken
hold
upon
me ,
as the
pangs of a woman that
travaileth:
I was
bowed
down at
the
hearing of
it;
I was
dismayed
at
the
seeing of
it
.
Wandered
hath
my heart, trembling
hath
terrified
me ,
The twilight
of my desire
He
hath made
a
fear to
me ,
My heart panted
, fearfulness
affrighted
me :
the night
of my pleasure
hath he
turned
into
fear unto
me .
Arrange
the table, watch in the watch-tower
, Eat, drink ,
rise
, ye heads
, anoint the shield ,
Prepare
the table, watch in the watchtower
, eat, drink :
arise
, ye princes
, and
anoint the shield .
For thus said
the Lord unto me :
`
Go, station
the
watchman, That
which
he
seeth
let him declare. '
For thus hath
the LORD said
unto me ,
Go, set
a
watchman, let him declare what
he
seeth
.
And he hath
seen
a chariot --
a couple of horsemen, The
rider
of an
ass
, the
rider
of
a camel,
And he hath
given
attention
--
He
hath
increased
attention!
And he saw
a chariot with
a couple of horsemen, a
chariot
of asses
, and
a chariot
of
camels;
and he hearkened
diligently
with
much
heed:
And he crieth
--
a
lion
, `On
a watch-tower
my lord, I am
standing
continually by
day
, And on
my
ward
I am stationed
whole nights .
And he cried
, A lion:
My lord, I stand
continually upon
the
watchtower
in
the
daytime
, and I am set
in
my
ward
whole nights :
And lo
, this
, the
chariot of a
man
is
coming
, A couple of horsemen. '
And he answereth
and saith:
`Fallen
, fallen
hath
Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to
the earth
.
And, behold
, here
cometh
a
chariot of men
, with
a couple of horsemen. And he answered
and said
, Babylon is
fallen
, is
fallen;
and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto
the ground
.
O my threshing, and the son
of my floor ,
That which I heard from
Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel, I
have declared to
you !'
O my threshing, and the corn
of my floor :
that which I have
heard of the
LORD
of
hosts, the
God of Israel, have I
declared unto
you .
The burden of Dumah. Unto
me is
`one'
calling
from
Seir `
Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? '
The burden of Dumah. He
calleth
to
me out
of
Seir ,
Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
The watchman hath
said, `Come
hath
morning, and also night ,
If ye inquire
, inquire
ye ,
turn
back
, come. '
The watchman said, The
morning cometh
, and also the
night :
if ye will
enquire
, enquire
ye :
return
, come.
The burden on
Arabia. In a
forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers
of Dedanim.
The burden upon
Arabia. In the
forest in Arabia shall
ye lodge, O ye
travelling
companies
of Dedanim.
To
meet
the thirsty
brought
water
have
Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his
bread they
came
before
a
fugitive
.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought
water
to
him
that
was
thirsty
, they
prevented
with their
bread him
that
fled
.
For from
the
face
of
destructions
they fled, From the face
of
a
stretched-out
sword, And from the face
of
a
trodden
bow, And from the face
of
the
grievousness of battle
.
For they fled from
the
swords
, from the drawn
sword, and from the bent
bow, and from the grievousness of war
.
For thus said
the Lord unto me :
`
Within a year, as
years of a
hireling, Consumed
hath
been
all the honour
of Kedar .
For thus hath
the LORD said
unto me ,
Within a year, according
to
the
years of an
hireling, and
all the glory
of Kedar shall
fail:
And the remnant
of the number of bow-men
, The mighty of the sons
of Kedar are
few
, For Jehovah,
God of Israel ,
hath spoken !'
And the residue
of the number of archers
, the mighty men
of the children
of Kedar, shall
be
diminished:
for the
LORD
God of Israel hath spoken it.
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