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- An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
- At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
- My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
- They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!
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- The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
- A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.
- For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
- My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
- They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields,"
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- This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
- When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."
- And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
- Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!' "
- O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.
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- For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
- "When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention."
- Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
- "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."
- O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.
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- An oracle concerning Dumah : Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"
- The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."
- An oracle concerning Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
- bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.
- They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.
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- The oracle concerning Edom One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
- The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."
- The oracle about Arabia In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.
- Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread.
- For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle.
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- This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.
- The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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- For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;
- and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken."
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