| Christian Standard Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A pronouncement concerning the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror. | 1An oracle against the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror. |
| 2A troubling vision is declared to me: "The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning." | 2A troubling vision is declared to me:" The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all her groaning." |
| 3Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see. | 3Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see. |
| 4My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror. | 4My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror. |
| 5Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields! | 5Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields! |
| 6For the Lord has said to me, "Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees. | 6For the Lord has said to me," Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees. |
| 7When he sees riders--pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels--he must pay close attention." | 7When he sees riders-- pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels-- he must pay close attention." |
| 8Then the lookout reported, "Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night. | 8Then the lookout reported," Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night. |
| 9Look, riders come--horsemen in pairs." And he answered, saying, "Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground." | 9Look, riders come-- horsemen in pairs." And he answered, saying," Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground." |
| 10My people who have been crushed on the threshing floor, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel. | 10My people who have been crushed on the threshing floor, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel. |
| 11A pronouncement concerning Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?" | 11An oracle against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir," Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?" |
| 12The watchman said, "Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again." | 12The watchman said," Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again." |
| 13A pronouncement concerning Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites. | 13An oracle against Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites. |
| 14Bring water for the thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema meet the refugees with food. | 14Bring water for the thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema meet the refugees with food. |
| 15For they have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bow that is strung, and from the stress of battle. | 15For they have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bow that is strung, and from the stress of battle. |
| 16For the Lord said this to me: "Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone. | 16For the Lord said this to me: "Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone. |
| 17The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number." For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. | 17The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number." For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. |
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