21:1 | The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. |
21:2 | A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. |
21:3 | Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. |
21:4 | My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. |
21:5 | Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. |
21:6 | For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. |
21:7 | And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: |
21:8 | And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: |
21:9 | And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. |
21:10 | O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. |
21:11 | The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? |
21:12 | The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. |
21:13 | The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. |
21:14 | The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. |
21:15 | For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. |
21:16 | For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: |
21:16 | 主對我這樣說、一年之內、照雇工的年數、基達的一切榮耀必歸於無有. |
21:16 | 主对我这样说,一年之内,照雇工的年数,基达的一切荣耀必归于无有。 |
isa:16:14 | But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. |
psm:120:5 | Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! |
isa:60:7 | All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. |
jer:49:28 | Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. |
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21:17 | And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. |