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21.11 :The watchman said:
 * 'The morning cometh, and also the night—
 * If ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'

The burden upon Arabia.


 * In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.
 * Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water!
 * The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.
 * For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword,
 * And from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me: 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail; and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'

The burden concerning the Valley of Vision.


 * What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,
 * Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?
 * Thy slain are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
 * All thy rulers are fled together,
 * Without the bow they are bound;
 * All that are found of thee are bound together, they are fled afar off.
 * Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly;
 * Strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'
 * For it is a day of trouble, and of trampling, and of perplexity,
 * From the Lord, the of hosts, in the Valley of Vision;
 * Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.
 * And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen;
 * And Kir uncovered the shield.
 * And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots,
 * And the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,
 * And the covering of Judah was laid bare,

that thou didst look in that day to the armour in the house of the forest. And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye broke down the houses to fortify the wall; ye made also a basin between the two walls for the water of the old pool—


 * But ye looked not unto Him that had done this,
 * Neither had ye respect unto Him that fashioned it long ago.
 * And in that day did the Lord, the of hosts, call
 * To weeping, and to lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
 * And behold joy and gladness,
 * Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
 * Eating flesh and drinking wine—
 * 'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die!'
 * And the of hosts revealed Himself in mine ears:
 * Surely this iniquity shall not be expiated by you till ye die,
 * Saith the Lord, the of hosts.


 * Thus saith the Lord, the of hosts: