2 A 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
3 Therefore 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
4 My heart panted fearfulness affrighted me the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me
5 Prepare the table watch in the watchtower eat drink arise ye princes and anoint the shield
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me Go set a watchman let him declare what he seeth
7 And 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
8 And he cried A lion My lord I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime and I am set in my ward whole nights
9 And 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
10 O 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
11 The burden of Dumah He calleth to me out of Seir Watchman what of the night Watchman what of the night
12 The watchman said The morning cometh and also the night if ye will enquire enquire ye return come
13 The burden upon Arabia In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge O ye travelling companies of Dedanim
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty they prevented with their bread him that fled
15 For they fled from the swords from the drawn sword and from the bent bow and from the grievousness of war
16 For 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 17 And 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
