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\c 21
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\v 1 A declaration about the desert by the sea.
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\p
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\q1 Like stormwinds sweeping through the Negev it comes
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\q1 passing through from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
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\q1
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\v 2 A distressing vision has been given to me:
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\q1 the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
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\q1 Go up and attack, Elam; besiege, Media;
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\q1 I will stop all her groaning.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain;
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\q1 pains like the pains of a woman in labor have taken hold of me;
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\q1 I am bowed down by what I heard; I am disturbed by what I saw.
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\q1
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\v 4 My heart pounds, I shake with fear.
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\q1 Early evening, my favorite time of day, has brought me terror.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 They prepare the table, they spread rugs and eat and drink;
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\q1 arise, princes, anoint your shields with oil.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 For this is what the Lord said to me,
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\q1 "Go, post a watchman; he must report what he sees.
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\q1
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\v 7 When he sees a chariot, a pair of horsemen,
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\q1 riders on donkeys, and riders on camels,
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\q1 then he must pay attention and be very alert."
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\q1
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\v 8 The watchman cries out,
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\f + \ft Instead of \fqa The watchman cries out \fqa* , some older versions have \fqa A lion cries out \fqa* . \f*
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\q1 "Lord, on the watchtower I stand all day, every day,
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\q1 and at my post I stand all night long."
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\q1
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\v 9 Here comes a chariot with a man and a pair of horsemen.
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\q1 He calls out, "Babylon has fallen, fallen,
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\q1 and all the carved figures of its gods are broken to the ground."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 My threshed and winnowed ones, children of my threshing floor!
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\q1 What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts,
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\q1 the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
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\p
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\q1
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\v 11 A declaration about Dumah.
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\q1 One calls to me from Seir,
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\q1 "Watchman, what is left of the night?
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\q1 Watchman, what is left of the night?"
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\q1
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\v 12 The watchman said, "The morning comes and also the night.
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\q1 If you want to ask, then ask; and come back again."
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\q1
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\v 13 A declaration about Arabia.
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\p
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\q1 In the wilderness of Arabia you spend the night, you caravans of Dedanites.
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\q1
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\v 14 Bring water for the thirsty;
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\q1 inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet the fugitives with bread.
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\q1
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\v 15 For they have fled from the sword, from the drawn sword,
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\q1 from the bent bow, and from the weight of war.
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\v 16 For this is what the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a laborer hired for a year would see it, all the glory of Kedar will end.
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\v 17 Only a few of the archers, the warriors of Kedar will remain," for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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