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 inquire, inquire 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].