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21:1  An oracle against the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
21:2  A troubling vision is declared to me:" The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all her groaning."
21:3  Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.
21:4  My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
21:5  Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
21:6  For the Lord has said to me," Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.
21:7  When he sees riders-- pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels-- he must pay close attention."
21:8  Then the lookout reported," Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night.
21:9  Look, riders come-- horsemen in pairs." And he answered, saying," Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground."
21:10  My people who have been crushed on the threshing floor, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
21:11  An oracle against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir," Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"
21:12  The watchman said," Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again."
21:13  An oracle against Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites.
21:14  Bring water for the thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema meet the refugees with food.
21:15  For they have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bow that is strung, and from the stress of battle.
21:16  For the Lord said this to me: "Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
21:17  The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number." For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.