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א
מַשָּׂא, מִדְבַּר-יָם: כְּסוּפוֹת בַּנֶּגֶב, לַחֲלֹף, מִמִּדְבָּר בָּא, מֵאֶרֶץ נוֹרָאָה.
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1
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
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ב
חָזוּת קָשָׁה, הֻגַּד-לִי: הַבּוֹגֵד בּוֹגֵד, וְהַשּׁוֹדֵד שׁוֹדֵד, עֲלִי עֵילָם צוּרִי מָדַי, כָּל-אַנְחָתָה הִשְׁבַּתִּי.
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2
A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam! besiege, O Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'
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ג
עַל-כֵּן, מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה--צִירִים אֲחָזוּנִי, כְּצִירֵי יוֹלֵדָה; נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ, נִבְהַלְתִּי מֵרְאוֹת.
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3
Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see.
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ד
תָּעָה לְבָבִי, פַּלָּצוּת בִּעֲתָתְנִי; אֵת נֶשֶׁף חִשְׁקִי, שָׂם לִי לַחֲרָדָה.
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4
My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.
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ה
עָרֹךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן צָפֹה הַצָּפִית, אָכוֹל שָׁתֹה; קוּמוּ הַשָּׂרִים, מִשְׁחוּ מָגֵן. {ס}
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5
They prepare the table, they light the lamps, they eat, they drink--'Rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.'
{S}
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ו
כִּי כֹה אָמַר אֵלַי, אֲדֹנָי: לֵךְ הַעֲמֵד הַמְצַפֶּה, אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה יַגִּיד.
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6
For thus hath YAHOWAH said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth!
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ז
וְרָאָה רֶכֶב, צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים--רֶכֶב חֲמוֹר, רֶכֶב גָּמָל; וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב, רַב-קָשֶׁב.
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7
And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
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ח
וַיִּקְרָא, אַרְיֵה--עַל-מִצְפֶּה אֲדֹנָי, אָנֹכִי עֹמֵד תָּמִיד יוֹמָם, וְעַל-מִשְׁמַרְתִּי, אָנֹכִי נִצָּב כָּל-הַלֵּילוֹת.
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8
And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, ADONAI, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.'
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ט
וְהִנֵּה-זֶה בָא רֶכֶב אִישׁ, צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים; וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר, נָפְלָה נָפְלָה בָּבֶל, וְכָל-פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ, שִׁבַּר לָאָרֶץ.
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9
And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. And he spoke and said: 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.'
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י
מְדֻשָׁתִי, וּבֶן-גָּרְנִי: אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי, מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל--הִגַּדְתִּי לָכֶם. {פ}
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10
O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from YAHOWAH of hosts, the Eloheem of Yisrael, have I declared unto you.
{P}
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יא
מַשָּׂא, דּוּמָה: אֵלַי, קֹרֵא מִשֵּׂעִיר, שֹׁמֵר מַה-מִּלַּיְלָה, שֹׁמֵר מַה-מִּלֵּיל.
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The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
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יב
אָמַר שֹׁמֵר, אָתָה בֹקֶר וְגַם-לָיְלָה; אִם-תִּבְעָיוּן בְּעָיוּ, שֻׁבוּ אֵתָיוּ. {פ}
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12
The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night--if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'
{P}
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יג
מַשָּׂא, בַּעְרָב: בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ, אֹרְחוֹת דְּדָנִים.
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13
The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.
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יד
לִקְרַאת צָמֵא, הֵתָיוּ מָיִם; יֹשְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ תֵּימָא, בְּלַחְמוֹ קִדְּמוּ נֹדֵד.
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14
Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water! The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.
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טו
כִּי-מִפְּנֵי חֲרָבוֹת, נָדָדוּ; מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב נְטוּשָׁה, וּמִפְּנֵי קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה, וּמִפְּנֵי, כֹּבֶד מִלְחָמָה. {ס}
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15
For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
{S}
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טז
כִּי-כֹה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי, אֵלָי: בְּעוֹד שָׁנָה כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר, וְכָלָה כָּל-כְּבוֹד קֵדָר.
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16
For thus hath YAHOWAH said unto me: 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
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יז
וּשְׁאָר מִסְפַּר-קֶשֶׁת גִּבּוֹרֵי בְנֵי-קֵדָר, יִמְעָטוּ: כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּבֵּר. {ס}
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and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for YAHOWAH, the Eloheem of Yisrael, hath spoken it.'
{S}
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