1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.[ † ]Zechariah 9:14 2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.[ † ]Isaiah 33:1Isaiah 13:17Isaiah 22:6Jeremiah 49:34 3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it ; I was dismayed at the seeing of it .[ † ]Isaiah 15:5Isaiah 16:11Isaiah 13:8 4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.[ † ]Deuteronomy 28:67 5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.[ † ]Jeremiah 51:39Daniel 5:5
6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: 8and he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:[ † ]Habakkuk 2:1 9and, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.[ † ]Isaiah 13:19Isaiah 47:5-9Isaiah 48:14Jeremiah 51:8Daniel 5:28-31Revelation 14:8Revelation 18:2Isaiah 46:1Jeremiah 50:2Jeremiah 51:44
10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.[ † ]Jeremiah 51:33Micah 4:13
11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?[ † ]Genesis 25:141 Chronicles 1:30Joshua 15:52Genesis 32:3Jeremiah 49:7Ezekiel 35:2Obadiah 1
12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.[ † ]Jeremiah 25:24Jeremiah 49:28Genesis 10:71 Chronicles 1:9-32Jeremiah 25:23Ezekiel 27:15 14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:[ † ]Isaiah 16:14Psalms 120:5Song of Solomon 1:5Isaiah 42:11Isaiah 60:7Ezekiel 27:21 17and the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it .