Dual Panel1Here is a message <04853> about the Desert <04057> by the Sea <03220>: Like strong winds <05492> blowing <02498> in the south <05045>, one invades <0935> from the desert <04057>, from a land <0776> that is feared <03372>.
2I have received <05046> a distressing <07186> message <02380>: “The deceiver <0898> deceives <0898>, the destroyer <07703> destroys <07703>. Attack <05927>, you Elamites <05867>! Lay siege <06696>, you Medes <04074>! I will put an end <07673> to all <03605> the groaning <0585>!”
3For this reason <03651> reason <05921> my stomach <04975> churns <02479> <04390>; cramps <06735> overwhelm <0270> me like the contractions <06735> of a woman in labor <03205>. I am disturbed <05753> by what I hear <08085>, horrified <0926> by what I see <07200>.
4My heart <03824> palpitates <08582>, I shake <06427> in fear <01204>; the twilight <05399> I desired <02837> has brought <07760> me terror <02731>.
5Arrange <06186> the table <07979>, lay out <06823> the carpet <06823>, eat <0398> and drink <08354>! Get up <06965>, you officers <08269>, smear oil <04886> on the shields <04043>!
6For <03588> this is what <03541> the sovereign master <0136> has told <0559> me: “Go <01980>, post <05975> a guard <06822>! He must report <05046> what <0834> he sees <07200>.
7When he sees <07200> chariots <07393>, teams <06776> of horses <06571>, riders <07393> on donkeys <02543>, riders <07393> on camels <01581>, he must <07181> be alert <07182>, very <07227> alert <07182>.”
8Then the guard <0738> cries out <07121>: “On <05921> the watchtower <04707>, O sovereign master <0136>, I <0595> stand <05975> all <08548> day <03119> long <08548>; at <05921> my post <04931> I <0595> am stationed <05324> every <03605> night <03915>.
9Look <02009> what’s <02088> coming <0935>! A charioteer <0376> <07393>, a team <06776> of horses <06571>.” When questioned, he replies <06030>, “Babylon <0894> has fallen <05307>, fallen <05307>! All <03605> the idols <06456> of her gods <0430> lie shattered <07665> on the ground <0776>!”
10O my downtrodden <04098> people <01121>, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor <01637>, what <0834> I have heard <08085> from the <0853> Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I have reported <05046> to you.
11Here is a message <04853> about Dumah <01746>: Someone calls <07121> to <0413> me from Seir <08165>, “Watchman <08104>, what <04100> is left of the night <03915>? Watchman <08104>, what <04100> is left of the night <03915>?”
12The watchman <08104> replies <0559>, “Morning <01242> is coming <0857>, but then night <03915>. If <0518> you want to ask <01158>, ask <01158>; come <0857> back again <07725>.”
13Here is a message <04853> about Arabia <06152>: In the thicket <03293> of Arabia <06152> you spend <03885> the night, you Dedanite <01720> caravans <0736>.
14Bring out <0857> some water <04325> for the thirsty <06771>. You who live <03427> in the land <0776> of Tema <08485>, bring <06923> some food <03899> for the fugitives <05074>.
15For <03588> they flee <05074> from <06440> the swords <02719>– from <06440> the drawn <05203> sword <02719> and from <06440> the battle-ready <01869> bow <07198> and from <06440> the severity <03514> of the battle <04421>.
16For <03588> this is what <03541> the sovereign master <0136> has told <0559> me: “Within exactly one year <08141> <08141> all <03605> the splendor <03519> of Kedar <06938> will come to an end <03615>.
17Just a handful <07605> of archers <07198>, the warriors <01121> <01368> of Kedar <06938>, will be left <04591>.” Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> has spoken <01696>.