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\c 21
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\v 1 Yahweh gave this message about a land soon to become a desert:
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\q1 An army will soon come from the southern Judean wilderness to invade that land;
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\q2 they are an army that causes their enemies to be terrified,
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\q2 an army that will come sweeping through the wilderness from a terrible land.
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\q1
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\v 2 Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision:
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\q1 In the vision I saw an army
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\q2 that will betray people and steal their possessions after they conquer them.
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\q1 Yahweh said, "You armies from Elam and Media, surround Babylon and prepare to attack it!
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\q2 I will cause the groaning and suffering that Babylon caused to cease!"
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Because of that, my body is full of pain;
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\q2 my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience.
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\q1 When I hear about and see what God is planning to do,
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\q2 I am shocked.
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\q1
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\v 4 My heart shakes within me, and I tremble with fear.
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\q2 Early evening is my favorite time of day,
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\q2 but now terror has taken over and I am afraid.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia were preparing a great feast.
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\q2 They had spread rugs for people to sit on;
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\q2 everyone was eating and drinking.
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\q1 But you should get up and prepare your shields, you princes of Babylon,
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\q2 because you are about to be attacked!
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\p
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\v 6 Then Yahweh said to me,
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\q1 "Put a watchman on the wall of Jerusalem,
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\q2 and tell him to shout what he sees.
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\q1
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\v 7 Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses,
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\q2 and men riding camels and donkeys, coming from Babylon.
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\q1 Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!"
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\s5
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\p
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\v 8 So I did that, and one day the watchman called out,
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\q1 "Day after day I have stood on this watchtower,
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\q2 and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night.
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\q1
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\v 9 A man comes riding in a chariot pulled by two horses.
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\q2 I called out to him, and he answered,
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\q1 'Babylon has been destroyed!
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\q2 All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!'"
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 My people in Judah, the army of Babylon has caused you to suffer greatly
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\q2 as though you were grain that was threshed and winnowed.
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\q1 But now I have told you what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, whom we Israelites worship, told me about Babylon.
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\p
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\v 11 Yahweh gave this message about Edom:
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\q1 Someone from Edom has been calling to me saying,
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\q2 "Watchman, how long will it be before the night is over?"
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\q1
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\v 12 The watchman, replied,
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\q2 "It will soon be morning, but after that, it will soon be night again.
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\q1 If you want to ask your question, then ask it now,
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\q2 and then come back again."
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\p
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\v 13 Yahweh gave this message about Arabia:
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\q1 Give this message to people traveling in caravans from the town of Dedan in northwest Arabia, travelers who camp in the scrub there.
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\q1 Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
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\q2
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\v 14 And you people who live in the city of Tema in northwest Arabia,
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\q2 must bring food for the refugees who are fleeing from their enemies.
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\q1
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\v 15 They are fleeing in order not to be killed by their enemies' swords
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\q2 and not to be shot in battles by arrows.
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\p
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\v 16 Yahweh said to me,
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\q1 "Exactly one year from now,
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\q2 all the greatness of the region of Kedar in Arabia will end.
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\q1
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\v 17 Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive.
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\q1 That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
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