21This is a message about Babylonia. Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land.H4853H4057H3220H5492H5045H2498H935H4057H3372H7762I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering which Babylon has caused.H7186H2380H5046H898H898H7703H7703H5927H5867H6696H4074H585H76733What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain, pain like that of a woman in labor.H4975H4390H2479H6735H270H6735H3205H5753H8085H926H72004My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.H3824H8582H6427H1204H5399H2837H7760H27315In the vision a banquet is ready; rugs are spread for the guests to sit on. They are eating and drinking. Suddenly the command rings out: "Officers! Prepare your shields!"H6186H7979H6822H6844H398H8354H6965H8269H4886H40436Then the Lord said to me, "Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees.H136H559H3212H5975H6822H5046H72007If he sees riders coming on horseback, two by two, and riders on donkeys and camels, he is to observe them carefully."H7200H7393H6776H6571H7393H2543H7393H1581H7181H7182H7227H71828The sentry calls out, "Sir, I have been standing guard at my post day and night."H7121H738H136H5975H8548H4707H3119H5324H4931H39159Suddenly, here they come! Riders on horseback, two by two. The sentry gives the news, "Babylon has fallen! All the idols they worshiped lie shattered on the ground."H935H7393H376H6776H6571H6030H559H894H5307H5307H6456H430H7665H77610My people Israel, you have been threshed like wheat, but now I have announced to you the good news that I have heard from the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel.H4098H1121H1637H8085H3068H6635H430H3478H5046
A Message about Edom
11This is a message about Edom. Someone calls to me from Edom, "Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end."H4853H1746H7121H8165H8104H3915H8104H391512I answer, "Morning is coming, but night will come again. If you want to ask again, come back and ask."H8104H559H1242H857H3915H1158H1158H7725H857
A Message about Arabia
13This is a message about Arabia. People of Dedan, you whose caravans camp in the barren country of Arabia,H4853H6152H3293H6152H3885H736H172014give water to the thirsty people who come to you. You people of the land of Tema, give food to the refugees.H3427H776H8485H857H4325H7125H6771H6923H3899H507415People are fleeing to escape from swords that are ready to kill them, from bows that are ready to shoot, from all the dangers of war.H5074H6440H2719H6440H5203H2719H6440H1869H7198H6440H3514H442116Then the Lord said to me, "In exactly one year the greatness of the tribes of Kedar will be at an end.H136H559H8141H8141H7916H3519H6938H361517The archers are the bravest warriors of Kedar, but few of them will be left. I, the LORD God of Israel, have spoken."H7605H4557H7198H1368H1121H6938H4591H3068H430H3478H1696