211 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea . As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness , from a terrifying land . 2 A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously , and the destroyer still destroys . Go up, Elam , lay siege , Media ; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused. 3 For this reason e my loins are full of anguish ; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor . I am so bewildered I cannot hear , so terrified I cannot see . 4 My mind reels , horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling . 5 They set the table , they spread out the cloth , they eat , they drink ; "Rise up, captains , oil the shields ," 6 For thus the Lord says to me, "Go , station the lookout , let him report what he sees . 7 "When he sees riders , horsemen in pairs , A train of donkeys , a train of camels , Let him pay close attention , very close attention ." 8 Then the lookout called , " O Lord , I stand continually by day on the watchtower , And I am stationed every night at my guard post . 9 "Now behold , here comes a troop of riders , horsemen in pairs ." And one said , " Fallen , fallen is Babylon ; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground ." 10 O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor ! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts , The God of Israel , I make known to you.
11 The oracle concerning Edom . One keeps calling to me from Seir , "Watchman , how far gone is the night ? Watchman , how far gone is the night ?" 12 The watchman says , "Morning comes but also night . If you would inquire , inquire ; Come back again ."
13 The oracle about Arabia . In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night , O caravans of Dedanites . 14 Bring water for the thirsty , O inhabitants of the land of Tema , Meet the fugitive with bread . 15 For they have fled from the swords , From the drawn sword , and from the bent bow And from the press of battle . 16 For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year , as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate ; 17 and the remainder of the number of bowmen , the mighty men of the sons of Kedar , will be few ; for the Lord God of Israel has spoken ."
