230Or, oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
21: 2 A 231grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof 232have I made to cease.
231Or, hard vision
232Or, will I make to cease.
21: 3 Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am 233pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
233Hb. bent
21: 4 My heart 234fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
234Hb. wandereth
21: 5 They prepare the table, they 235set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
235Or, spread the carpets,
21: 6 For thus hath 236Jehovah said unto me, Go, set a watchman; and let him declare what he seeth:
236Sopherim changed to the Lord Similarly in vs. 8.
21: 7 237and when he seeth 238a troop, 239horesemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
237Or, and he saw a troop, ...and he harkened diligently
238Or, a chariot or, chariots (three times)
239Or, a pair of horsemen, Also in vs. 9.
21: 8 And he cried as 240a lion: O Jehovah, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and am set in my ward 241whole nights;
240So Massoretic (Vg). 1QIsaa Aram read a lookout: Sept. reads Uriah:
241Or, every night;
21: 9 and, behold, here 242cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.
242Or, come chariots of men,
21: 10 O thou my threshing, and the 243grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
243Hb. son
21: 11 The 244burden of 245Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, 246what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
244Or, oracle concerning Also in vs. 13.
245Meaning, silence. So Massoretic 1QIsaa Aram., Vg. Some Massoretic mss., Sept. read Edom.
246Or, what hour of the night? (both times)
21: 12 The watchman said, The morning 247cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: 248turn ye, come.
247Or, is come,
248Or, come ye again.
21: 13 The burden upon Arabia. In the 249forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.
249Or, thickets
21: 14 Unto him that 250was thirsty they brought water; 251the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.
250Or, is thirsty bring ye water;
251Or, ye inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet
21: 15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
21: 16 For thus hath 252Jehovah said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
252Sopherim changed to the Lord
21: 17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
