21:1 ¶
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land. |
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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 man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. |
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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 anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see. |
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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 fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me. |
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21:4
My heart°
panted,°°
fearfulness°
affrighted°°°
me: the night°
of my pleasure°
hath he turned°°
into fear°
unto me. |
21:5
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield. |
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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: |
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21:6
For°
thus°
hath the Lord°
said°°
unto°
me, Go,°°°
set°°
a watchman,°°
let him declare°°
what°
he seeth.°° |
21:7
and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed. |
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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 as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights; |
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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 troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground. |
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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 thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. |
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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. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? |
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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: turn ye, come. |
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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 caravans of Dedanites. |
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21:13 ¶
The burden°
upon Arabia.°
In the forest°
in Arabia°
shall ye lodge,°°
O ye travelling companies°
of Dedanim.° |
21:14
Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread. |
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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 away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. |
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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 a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail; |
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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 the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it. |
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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]. |