1 A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.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 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 My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.5 They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!6 This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.7 When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."8 And the lookout "shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.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 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.11 A prophecy against Dumah ": Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"12 The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."13 A prophecy against Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,14 bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.15 They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.16 This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

1 Onus deserti maris. [Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt,de deserto venit,de terra horribili.2 Visio dura nuntiata est mihi :qui incredulus est infideliter agit ;et qui depopulator est vastat.Ascende, lam ; obside, Mede ;omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.3 Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore ;angustia possedit mesicut angustia parturientis ;corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.4 Emarcuit cor meum ;tenebr stupefecerunt me :Babylon dilecta meaposita est mihi in miraculum.5 Pone mensam, contemplare in speculacomedentes et bibentes :surgite, principes,arripite clypeum.6 Hc enim dixit mihi Dominus :Vade, et pone speculatorem,et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.7 Et vidit currum duorum equitum,ascensorem asini,et ascensorem cameli ;et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.8 Et clamavit leo :Super speculam Domini ego sum,stans jugiter per diem ;et super custodiam meam ego sum,stans totis noctibus.9 Ecce iste venit ascensorvir big equitum ;et respondit, et dixit :Cecidit, cecidit Babylon,et omnia sculptilia deorum ejuscontrita sunt in terram.10 Tritura mea et filii are me,qu audivi a Domino exercituum,Deo Isral,annuntiavi vobis.]11 Onus Duma. [Ad me clamat ex Seir :Custos, quid de nocte ?custos, quid de nocte ?12 Dixit custos :Venit mane et nox ;si quritis, qurite ;convertimini, venite.]13 Onus in Arabia. [In saltu ad vesperam dormietis,in semitis Dedanim.14 Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam,qui habitatis terram austri ;cum panibus occurrite fugienti.15 A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt,a facie gladii imminentis,a facie arcus extenti,a facie gravis prlii.16 Quoniam hc dicit Dominus ad me :Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii,et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.17 Et reliqui numeri sagittariorum fortiumde filiis Cedar imminuentur ;Dominus enim Deus Isral locutus est.]