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1The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.[#Isa 13.1; Jer 51.42; Zech 9.14]
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the desert,
from a terrible land.
2A stern vision is told to me;[#Isa 13.17; 33.1; Jer 49.34]
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
3Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;[#Isa 13.8; 15.5; 16.11]
pangs have seized me
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4My mind reels; horror has appalled me;[#Deut 28.67]
the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
5They prepare the table;[#Jer 51.39, 57; Dan 5.1–4]
they spread the rugs;
they eat; they drink.
Rise up, commanders;
oil the shield!
6For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, post a lookout;
let him announce what he sees.
7When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,[#v 9]
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him watch closely,
very closely.”
8Then the watcher called out:[#Hab 2.1; #21.8 Q ms Syr Vg: MT a lion]
“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
throughout the night.
9Look, there they come, riders,[#Isa 46.1; Jer 50.2; 51.8, 44; Rev 14.8; 18.2]
horsemen in pairs!”
Then he responded,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
and all the images of her gods
lie shattered on the ground.”
10O my threshed and winnowed one,[#Jer 51.33]
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
11The oracle concerning Dumah.[#Gen 25.14; 32.3]
One is calling to me from Seir,
“Sentinel, what of the night?
Sentinel, what of the night?”
12The sentinel says:
“Morning comes and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
come back again.”
13The oracle concerning the desert plain.[#1 Chr 1.9, 32; Isa 13.1; Jer 49.28]
In the scrub of the desert plain you will lodge,
O caravans of Dedanites.
14Bring water to the thirsty,[#Gen 25.15; Job 6.19]
O inhabitants of the land of Tema;
meet the fugitive with bread.
15For they have fled from the swords,[#Isa 13.14, 15; 17.13]
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the stress of battle.
16For thus the Lord said to me: “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end,[#Ps 120.5; Isa 16.14; 17.4; 60.7]
17and the remaining bows of Kedar’s warriors will be few, for the Lord , the God of Israel, has spoken.”[#Num 23.19; Isa 10.19; Zech 1.6]