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tempests in an arid land, to pass, coming from the desert,

from an awesome land.
2. A harsh prophecy was told to me; The traitor shall be

betrayed and the plunderer shall be plundered; march, O

Elam, Besiege, O Media! All sighs have I brought to an
end.
3. Therefore, my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have

seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor; I have

become confused from hearing; I have become frightened
from hearing.
4. My heart has strayed; fright has terrified me; the

evening of my desire He has made for me into trembling.

5. Setting the table, setting up the lamp, eating, drinking;

"Arise, princes, anoint a shield!"

6. For so has the Lord said to me, "Go, set up the lookout;

what he sees he will tell.

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7. And he shall see a chariot with a pair of riders; one

riding a horse and one riding a camel, and he shall listen

attentively.
8. And the lion called, "On the watchtower, O Lord, I

always stand by day, and on my watch I stand all the

nights.

9. And behold this is coming, a chariot of men, a pair of

riders." And he called out and said, "Babylon has fallen,

yea, it has fallen, and all its graven idols he has dashed to
the earth."
10. My threshed grain and the product of my threshing

floor. What I heard from the Lord of Hosts, the God of

Israel, I have related to you.
11. The harsh prophecy of Dumah: To me one calls from

Seir, "Watchman, what will be of the night? Watchman,

what will be of the night?"
12. Said the watchman, "Morning has come, and also

night. If you will request, request. Return and come."

13. The harsh prophecy concerning Arabia: In the forest in

Arabia did you lodge, on the roads of your cousins.

14. Toward the thirsty they bring water; the inhabitants of

the land of Tema with his bread they came before the
wanderer.
15. For, because of the swords they wandered; because of

the outstretched sword, because of the bent bow, and

because of the pressure of war.

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16. For so has the Lord said to me: "In another year, like

the days of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall terminate.

17. And the rest of the number of the bows of the heroes

of the children of Kedar shall decrease, for the Lord, the

God of Israel has spoken."

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