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. 
21:1 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 to me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler plundereth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all her sighing have I made to cease. 
21:2 A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler plundereth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all its sighing 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}. 
21:3 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 to me. 
21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness terrified me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear to me. 

21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, {and} anoint the shield. 
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 to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 
21:6 For thus hath the Lord said to 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: 
21:7 And he saw a chariot {with} a couple of horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, {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 watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights. 
21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my post 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 to the ground. 
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 to the ground. 

21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor; that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you. 
21:10 O my threshing, and the grain of my floor: that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you. 

21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 
21:11 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. 
21:12 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 traveling companies of Dedanim. 
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 met with their bread him that fled. 
21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they met 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. 
21:15 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 to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 
21:16 For thus hath the Lord said to 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}. 
21:17 And the remainder 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}.