| 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. |
| 21:9 | 看哪、有一隊軍兵騎著馬、一對一對地來。他就說、巴比倫傾倒了．傾倒了、他一切雕刻的神像、都打碎於地。 |
| 21:9 | 看哪，有一队军兵骑着马，一对一对的来。他就说，巴比伦倾倒了。倾倒了，他一切雕刻的神像，都打碎于地。 |
| jer:51:8 | Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. |
| rev:14:8 | And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. |
| rev:18:2 | And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. |
| isa:46:1 | Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. |
| jer:50:2 | Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. |
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| 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. |
