Dual Panel1The oracle<4853> concerning the wilderness<4057> of the sea<3220>. As windstorms<5492> in the Negev<5045> sweep<2498> on, It comes<935> from the wilderness<4057>, from a terrifying<3372> land<776>.
2A harsh<7186> vision<2380> has been shown<5046> to me; The treacherous<898> one still deals<898> treacherously<898>, and the destroyer<7703> still destroys<7703>. Go<5927> up, Elam<5867>, lay<6696> siege<6696>, Media<4074>; I have made<7673> an end<7673> of all<3605> the groaning<603> she has caused.
3For this<3651> reason<5921><3651> my loins<4975> are full<4390> of anguish<2479>; Pains<6735> have seized<270> me like the pains<6735> of a woman in labor<3205>. I am so<4480> bewildered<5753> I cannot<4480> hear<8085>, so<4480> terrified<926> I cannot<4480> see<7200>.
4My mind<3824> reels<8582>, horror<6427> overwhelms<1204> me; The twilight<5399> I longed<2837> for has been turned<7760> for me into trembling<2731>.
5They set<6186> the table<7979>, they spread<6823> out the cloth<6844>, they eat<398>, they drink<8354>; "Rise<6965> up, captains<8269>, oil<4886> the shields<4043>,"
6For thus<3541> the Lord<136> says<559> to me, "Go<1980>, station<5975> the lookout<6822>, let him report<5046> what<834> he sees<7200>.
7"When he sees<7200> riders<7393>, horsemen<6571> in pairs<6776>, A train<7393> of donkeys<2543>, a train<7393> of camels<1581>, Let him pay<7181> close<7182> attention<7181>, very<7227> close<7182> attention<7182>."
8Then the lookout<4707> called<7121>, "O Lord<136>, I stand<5975> continually<8548> by day<3119> on the watchtower<4707>, And I am stationed<5324> every<3605> night<3915> at my guard<4931> post<4931>.
9"Now behold<2009>, here<2088> comes<935> a troop<376> of riders<7393>, horsemen<6571> in pairs<6776>." And one said<559>, "Fallen<5307>, fallen<5307> is Babylon<894>; And all<3605> the images<6456> of her gods<430> are shattered<7665> on the ground<776>."
10O my threshed<4098> people, and my afflicted<1121> of the threshing<1637> floor<1637>! What<834> I have heard<8085> from the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>, The God<430> of Israel<3478>, I make<5046> known<5046> to you.
11The oracle<4853> concerning Edom<112>. One keeps calling<7121> to me from Seir<8165>, "Watchman<8104>, how<4100> far gone<4480> is the night<3915>? Watchman<8104>, how<4100> far gone<4480> is the night<3915>?"
12The watchman<8104> says<559>, "Morning<1242> comes<857> but also<1571> night<3915>. If<518> you would inquire<1158>, inquire<1158>; Come<857> back<7725> again<7725>."
13The oracle<4853> about Arabia<6152>. In the thickets<3293> of Arabia<6152> you must spend<3885> the night<3885>, O caravans<736> of Dedanites<1720>.
14Bring<857> water<4325> for the thirsty<6771>, O inhabitants<3427> of the land<776> of Tema<8485>, Meet<6923> the fugitive<5074> with bread<3899>.
15For they have fled<5074> from the swords<2719>, From the drawn<5203> sword<2719>, and from the bent<1869> bow<7198> And from the press<3514> of battle<4421>.
16For thus<3541> the Lord<136> said<559> to me, "In a year<8141>, as a hired<7916> man<7916> would count<8141> it, all<3605> the splendor<3519> of Kedar<6938> will terminate<3615>;
17and the remainder<7605> of the number<4557> of bowmen<7198>, the mighty<1368> men<1368> of the sons<1121> of Kedar<6938>, will be few<4591>; for the LORD<3068> God<430> of Israel<3478> has spoken<1696>."