| 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. |
| 21:2 | 令人悽慘的異象、已默示於我．詭詐的行詭詐、毀滅的行毀滅。以攔哪、你要上去．瑪代阿、你要圍困．主說、我使一切歎息止住。 |
| 21:2 | 令人凄惨的异象，已默示于我。诡诈的行诡诈，毁灭的行毁灭。以拦哪，你要上去。玛代阿，你要围困。主说，我使一切叹息止住。 |
| isa:33:1 | Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. |
| jer:49:34 | The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, |
| isa:13:17 | Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. |
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| 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: |
| 21:17 | 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. |
