Dual Panel1The burden <04853> of the desert <04057> of the sea <03220>_. As whirlwinds <05492> in the south <05045> pass <02498> (8800) through; [so] it cometh <0935> (8802) from the desert <04057>_, from a terrible <03372> (8737) land <0776>_.
2A grievous <07186> vision <02380> is declared <05046> (8717) unto me; the treacherous dealer <0898> (8802) dealeth treacherously <0898> (8802)_, and the spoiler <07703> (8802) spoileth <07703> (8802)_. Go up <05927> (8798)_, O Elam <05867>_: besiege <06696> (8798)_, O Media <04074>_; all the sighing <0585> thereof have I made to cease <07673> (8689)_. {grievous: Heb. hard}
3Therefore are my loins <04975> filled <04390> (8804) with pain <02479>_: pangs <06735> have taken hold <0270> (8804) upon me, as the pangs <06735> of a woman that travaileth <03205> (8802)_: I was bowed down <05753> (8738) at the hearing <08085> (8800) [of it]; I was dismayed <0926> (8738) at the seeing <07200> (8800) [of it].
4My heart <03824> panted <08582> (8804)_, fearfulness <06427> affrighted <01204> (8765) me: the night <05399> of my pleasure <02837> hath he turned <07760> (8804) into fear <02731> unto me. {heart...: or, mind wandered} {turned: Heb. put}
5Prepare <06186> (8800) the table <07979>_, watch <06822> (8800) in the watchtower <06844>_, eat <0398> (8800)_, drink <08354> (8800)_: arise <06965> (8798)_, ye princes <08269>_, [and] anoint <04886> (8798) the shield <04043>_.
6For thus hath the Lord <0136> said <0559> (8804) unto me, Go <03212> (8798)_, set <05975> (8685) a watchman <06822> (8764)_, let him declare <05046> (8686) what he seeth <07200> (8799)_.
7And he saw <07200> (8804) a chariot <07393> [with] a couple <06776> of horsemen <06571>_, a chariot <07393> of asses <02543>_, [and] a chariot <07393> of camels <01581>_; and he hearkened <07181> (8689) diligently <07182> with much <07227> heed <07182>_:
8And he cried <07121> (8799)_, A lion <0738>_: My lord <0136>_, I stand <05975> (8802) continually <08548> upon the watchtower <04707> in the daytime <03119>_, and I am set <05324> (8737) in my ward <04931> whole nights <03915>_: {he...: or, cried as a lion} {whole...: or, every night}
9And, behold, here cometh <0935> (8802) a chariot <07393> of men <0376>_, [with] a couple <06776> of horsemen <06571>_. And he answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Babylon <0894> is fallen <05307> (8804)_, is fallen <05307> (8804)_; and all the graven images <06456> of her gods <0430> he hath broken <07665> (8765) unto the ground <0776>_.
10O my threshing <04098>_, and the corn <01121> of my floor <01637>_: that which I have heard <08085> (8804) of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, have I declared <05046> (8689) unto you. {corn: Heb. son}
11The burden <04853> of Dumah <01746>_. He calleth <07121> (8802) to me out of Seir <08165>_, Watchman <08104> (8802)_, what of the night <03915>_? Watchman <08104> (8802)_, what of the night <03915>_?
12The watchman <08104> (8802) said <0559> (8804)_, The morning <01242> cometh <0857> (8804)_, and also the night <03915>_: if ye will enquire <01158> (8799)_, enquire <01158> (8798) ye: return <07725> (8798)_, come <0857> (8798)_.
13The burden <04853> upon Arabia <06152>_. In the forest <03293> in Arabia <06152> shall ye lodge <03885> (8799)_, O ye travelling companies <0736> of Dedanim <01720>_.
14The inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776> of Tema <08485> brought <0857> (8689) water <04325> to him <07125> (8800) that was thirsty <06771>_, they prevented <06923> (8765) with their bread <03899> him that fled <05074> (8802)_. {brought: or, bring ye}
15For they fled <05074> (8804) from <06440> the swords <02719>_, from <06440> the drawn <05203> (8803) sword <02719>_, and from <06440> the bent <01869> (8803) bow <07198>_, and from <06440> the grievousness <03514> of war <04421>_. {from the swords: or, for fear, etc: Heb. from the face, etc}
16For thus hath the Lord <0136> said <0559> (8804) unto me, Within a year <08141>_, according to the years <08141> of an hireling <07916>_, and all the glory <03519> of Kedar <06938> shall fail <03615> (8804)_:
17And the residue <07605> of the number <04557> of archers <07198>_, the mighty men <01368> of the children <01121> of Kedar <06938>_, shall be diminished <04591> (8799)_: for the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> hath spoken <01696> (8765) [it]. {archers: Heb. bows}