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  21:1 ¶
THE VISION OF THE DESERT. As though a whirlwind should pass through the desert, coming from a desert, [even] from such a 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.°° |
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21:2
[so] a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself. |
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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.°° |
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21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman: I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hasted that I might not 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]. |
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21:4
My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear. |
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21:4
My heart°
panted,°°
fearfulness°
affrighted°°°
me: the night°
of my pleasure°
hath he turned°°
into fear°
unto me. |
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21:5
Prepare the table, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and prepare [your] shields. |
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21:5
Prepare°°
the table,°
watch°°
in the watchtower,°
eat,°°
drink:°°
arise,°°
ye princes,°
[and] anoint°°
the shield.° |
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21:6
For thus said the Lord to me, Go and station a watchman for thyself, and declare whatever thou shalt see. |
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21:6
For°
thus°
hath Yahweh°
said°°
unto°
me, Go,°°°
set°°
a watchman,°°
let him declare°°
what°
he seeth.°° |
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21:7
And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel. |
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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:° |
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21:8
Hearken with great attention, and call thou Uriah{gr.Urias} to the watch-tower: the Lord has spoken. I stood continually during the day, and I stood in the camp all night: |
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21:8
And he cried,°°
A lion:°
Yahweh,°°
I°
stand°°
continually°
upon°
the watchtower°
in the daytime,°
and I°
am set°°
in°
my ward°
whole°
nights:° |
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21:9
and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to 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 elohim°
he hath broken°°
unto the ground.° |
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21:10
Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts [which] the God of Israel has declared to us. |
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21:10
O my threshing,°
and the corn°
of my floor:°
that which°
I have heard°°
of°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
the Elohim°
of Israel,°
have I declared°°
unto you. |
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21:11 ¶
THE VISION OF EDOM{gr.IDUMEA}. Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks. |
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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?°° |
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21:12
I watch in the morning and the night: if thou wouldest enquire, enquire, and dwell by me. |
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21:12
The watchman°°
said,°°
The morning°
cometh,°°
and also°
the night:°
if°
ye will enquire,°°
enquire°°
ye: return,°°
come.°° |
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21:13 ¶
Thou mayest lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Dedan{gr.Daedan}. |
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21:13 ¶
The burden°
upon Arabia.°
In the forest°
in Arabia°
shall ye lodge,°°
O ye travelling companies°
of Dedanim.° |
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21:14
Ye that dwell in the country of Teman{gr.Thaeman}, bring water to meet him that is thirsty; |
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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.°° |
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21:15
meet the fugitives with bread, because of the multitude of the slain, and because of the multitude of them that lose their way, and because of the multitude of swords, and because of the multitude of bent bows, and because of the multitude of them that have fallen in 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.° |
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21:16
For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of an hireling, [and] the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail: |
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21:16
For°
thus°
hath Yahweh°
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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21:17
and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has 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°
Yahweh°
Elohim°
of Israel°
hath spoken°°
[it]. |
