66 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
66 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 21
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1 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
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As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
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it comes from the wilderness,
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from a terrible land.
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
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the traitor betrays,
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and the destroyer destroys.
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Go up, O Elam;
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lay siege, O Media;
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all the sighing she has caused
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I bring to an end.
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3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
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pangs have seized me,
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like the pangs of a woman in labor;
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I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
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I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
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4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
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the twilight I longed for
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has been turned for me into trembling.
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5 They prepare the table,
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they spread the rugs,
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they eat, they drink.
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Arise, O princes;
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oil the shield!
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6 For thus the Lord said to me:
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“Go, set a watchman;
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let him announce what he sees.
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7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
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riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
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let him listen diligently,
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very diligently.”
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8 Then he who saw cried out:
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“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
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continually by day,
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and at my post I am stationed
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whole nights.
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9 And behold, here come riders,
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horsemen in pairs!”
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And he answered,
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“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
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and all the carved images of her gods
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he has shattered to the ground.”
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10 O my threshed and winnowed one,
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what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
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the God of Israel, I announce to you.
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11 The oracle concerning Dumah.
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One is calling to me from Seir,
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“Watchman, what time of the night?
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Watchman, what time of the night?”
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12 The watchman says:
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“Morning comes, and also the night.
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If you will inquire, inquire;
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come back again.”
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13 The oracle concerning Arabia.
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In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge,
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O caravans of Dedanites.
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14 To the thirsty bring water;
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meet the fugitive with bread,
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O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
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15 For they have fled from the swords,
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from the drawn sword,
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from the bent bow,
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and from the press of battle.
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16 For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
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17 And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.” |