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1. غ ߿ ߿, η ȸٶ Ե
1. An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
2. Ȥ ð ֲ ̴ ڴ ̰ Żϴ ڴ Żϵ ̿ ö󰡰 ޴뿩 ζ ź ġ Ͽ Ͻõ
2. A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
3. ̷Ƿ Ͽ ӻ ϿǷ Ͽ ϸ ϵ
3. At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
4. ϸ η  Ͽ ǵ
4. My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
5. ׵ Ź Ǯ ļ ԰ õ Ͼ п ⸧ ٸ
5. They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!
6. ֲ ̸õ ļ ϰ ϵ
6. This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
7. 밡 ֽ Ͱ ŵ ڼ, ϼ̴
7. When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."
8. ļ θ¢⸦ ֿ 뿡 ļϴ ־
8. And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
9. 밡 ֽ ̴ װ Ͽ ԶǾ ԶǾ ٺ̿ ŵ ν Ͻõ
9. Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!'"
10. Ÿ ̿ ̿ ̽ ϳ ȣͲ 񿡰 Ͽ
10. O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.
11. θ Ͽ θ ļ̿  Ǿ ļ̿  Ǿ
11. An oracle concerning Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"
12. ļ ε ħ 㵵 װ ŵ ƿ϶
12. The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."
13. ƶƿ ̿ ƶ Ǯ ϸ
13. An oracle concerning Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
14. Źε ٰ 񸶸 ڿ ְ ϴ ڸ ϶
14. bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.
15. ׵ Į ϸ Į Ȱ 򿡼 Ͽ̴϶
15. They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.
16. ֲ ̰ ̸õ ǰ ϳ⳻ Դ ϸ
16. This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.
17. Դ ڼ Ȱ Ͻô϶ ̽ ϳ ȣ ̴϶
17. The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.