The burden{H4853} of the wilderness{H4057} of the sea.{H3220} As whirlwinds{H5492} in the South{H5045} sweep{H2498} through, it cometh{H935} from the wilderness,{H4057} from a terrible{H3372} land.{H776}

A grievous{H7186} vision{H2380} is declared{H5046} unto me; the treacherous man{H898} dealeth treacherously,{H898} and the destroyer{H7703} destroyeth.{H7703} Go up,{H5927} O Elam;{H5867} besiege,{H6696} O Media;{H4074} all the sighing{H585} thereof have I made to cease.{H7673}

Therefore are my loins{H4975} filled{H4390} with anguish;{H2479} pangs{H6735} have taken hold{H270} upon me, as the pangs{H6735} of a woman in travail:{H3205} I am pained{H5753} so that I cannot hear;{H8085} I am dismayed{H926} so that I cannot see.{H7200}

My heart{H3824} fluttereth,{H8582} horror{H6427} hath affrighted{H1204} me; the twilight{H5399} that I desired{H2837} hath been turned{H7760} into trembling{H2731} unto me.

They prepare{H6186} the table,{H7979} they set{H6186} the watch,{H6822} they eat,{H398} they drink:{H8354} rise{H6965} up, ye princes,{H8269} anoint{H4886} the shield.{H4043}

For thus hath the Lord{H136} said{H559} unto me, Go,{H3212} set{H5975} a watchman:{H6822} let him declare{H5046} what he seeth:{H7200}

and when he seeth{H7200} a troop,{H7393} horsemen{H6571} in pairs,{H6776} a troop{H7393} of asses,{H2543} a troop{H7393} of camels,{H1581} he shall hearken{H7181} diligently{H7182} with much{H7227} heed.{H7182}

And he cried{H7121} as a lion:{H738} O Lord,{H136} I stand{H5975} continually{H8548} upon the watch-tower{H4707} in the day-time,{H3119} and am set{H5324} in my ward{H4931} whole nights;{H3915}

and, behold, here cometh{H935} a troop{H7393} of men,{H376} horsemen{H6571} in pairs.{H6776} And he answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Fallen,{H5307} fallen{H5307} is Babylon;{H894} and all the graven images{H6456} of her gods{H430} are broken{H7665} unto the ground.{H776}

O thou my threshing,{H4098} and the grain{H1121} of my floor!{H1637} that which I have heard{H8085} from Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} have I declared{H5046} unto you.

The burden{H4853} of Dumah.{H1746} One calleth{H7121} unto me out of Seir,{H8165} Watchman,{H8104} what of the night?{H3915} Watchman,{H8104} what of the night?{H3915}

The watchman{H8104} said,{H559} The morning{H1242} cometh,{H857} and also the night:{H3915} if ye will inquire,{H1158} inquire{H1158} ye: turn{H7725} ye, come.{H857}

The burden{H4853} upon Arabia.{H6152} In the forest{H3293} in Arabia{H6152} shall ye lodge,{H3885} O ye caravans{H736} of Dedanites.{H1720}

Unto him{H7125} that was thirsty{H6771} they brought{H857} water;{H4325} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} of Tema{H8485} did meet{H6923} the fugitives{H5074} with their bread.{H3899}

For they fled{H5074} away from{H6440} the swords,{H2719} from{H6440} the drawn{H5203} sword,{H2719} and from{H6440} the bent{H1869} bow,{H7198} and from{H6440} the grievousness{H3514} of war.{H4421}

For thus hath the Lord{H136} said{H559} unto me, Within a year,{H8141} according to the years{H8141} of a hireling,{H7916} all the glory{H3519} of Kedar{H6938} shall fail;{H3615}

and the residue{H7605} of the number{H4557} of the archers,{H7198} the mighty men{H1368} of the children{H1121} of Kedar,{H6938} shall be few;{H4591} for Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath spoken{H1696} it.