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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 21
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my
pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye
princes, and anoint the shield.
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For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth.
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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:
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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:
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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.
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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.
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,
what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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The watchman
said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire,
enquire ye: return, come.
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The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,
O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that
was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from
the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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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:
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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.
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