The burden concerning the wilderness of the sea: Like storm winds In the Negev passing through, It comes from the wilderness From an awesome land.

A harsh vision Has been announced to me; The unfaithful one deals unfaithfully, And the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; Lay siege, Media; I have put an end To all her groaning.

Therefore my loins Are full of anguish; Pangs have taken hold of me Like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over at the hearing of it;I am terrified at the seeing of it.

My heart reels; Shuddering overwhelms me. The twilight that I love Has become a source of trembling to me.

Setting the table! Spreading out the rug! Eating! Drinking! Rise, princes; Oil the shields.

For thus says The Lord to me, Go, set a watchman; Let him report what he sees.

And he saw riders, A team of horsemen; Riders of donkeys, Riders of camels; And he attends with attention, With much attention.

And he calls out like a lion: On the watchtower, Lord, I stand continually by day; At my guardpost I am stationed Every night.

And now there come Riding men, A team of horsemen. And one answers and says, Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all the idols of her gods Has he shattered to the earth.

My threshed ones, And the son of the threshing floor! What I have heard From Jehovah of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.

The burden concerning Dumah: Someone is calling to me from Seir: Guard, what remains of the night? Guard, what remains of the night?

The guard says, Morning is coming, But so also is night; If you will ask, ask; Return, come.

The burden against Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you must spend the night, You nomad clans of the Dedanim.

They bring water To meet the thirsty; The inhabitants of the land of Tema Meet with bread those who flee;

For they flee from swords-From the drawn sword, From the bent bow, And from the harshness of battle.

For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, like a wage worker's year, all the glory of Kedar will end,

And the remainder of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for Jehovah the God of Israel has spoken.