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The ^(C1)pronouncement concerning the ^(F1)(C2)wilderness of the sea: As ^(C3)windstorms in the ^(F2)Negev come in turns, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

A ^(C1)harsh vision has been shown to me; The ^(C2)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, ^(C3)Elam, lay siege, Media; I have put an end to all ^(F1)the groaning she has caused.

For this reason my ^(C1)loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a ^(C2)woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

My ^(F1)mind reels, ^(F2)horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been ^(C1)turned into trembling for me.

They ^(C1)set the table, they ^(F1)spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields!"

For this is what the Lord says to me: "Go, station the lookout, have him ^(C1)report what he sees.

-"When he sees ^(F1)a ^(C1)column of chariots, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, He is to pay close attention, very close attention."

Then ^(F1)the lookout called, "^(C1)Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

-"Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "^(C1)Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the ^(C2)images of her gods ^(F1)are shattered on the ground."

My ^(C1)downtrodden people, and my ^(F1)afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of armies, The God of Israel, I make known to you.