The aburden of bthe desert of cthe sea.

As dwhirlwinds in the south pass through;

So eit cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

2  A †grievous vision is declared unto me;

fgThe treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and fthe spoiler spoileth.

Go up, hO Elam: besiege, iO Media;

All the sighing thereof khave I made to cease.

3  Therefore lare my loins filled with pain:

mPangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth:

I was nbowed down at the hearing of it;

I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4  ||My heart panted, ofearfulness affrighted me:

pThe night of my qpleasure hath he †turned into fear unto me.

5  rPrepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink:

Arise, ye princes, and sanoint the shield.

6  For thus hath the Lord said unto me,

Go, set a watchman,

Let him declare what he seeth.

7  And he saw ta chariot with ua couple of horsemen,

A chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels;

And he hearkened vdiligently with much vheed:

8  And ||he cried, A lion:

My lord, wI stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,

And wI am set in my ward ||whole nights:

9  And, behold, here cometh ta chariot of men, with ua couple of horsemen.

And he answered and said,

xBabylon is fallen, is fallen;

And yall the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

10  O my zthreshing, and the †corn of amy floor:

That which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,

Have I declared unto you.

11  The bburden of cDumah.

He calleth to me out of dSeir,

Watchman, what of the night?

Watchman, what of the night?