1The vibes of the desert of the sea are wild. Like, whirlwinds from the south just roll in; it’s coming from a savage land.

2I got a heavy vision dropped on me; these shady dealers are being sus, and the haters are hating. Go up, Elam: siege mode activated, Media; I’ve made all the sighs stop, no cap.

3My whole vibe is pain: it hits me like a pregnant woman in labor; I was shook hearing it, fr.

4My heart was racing, fear got me all shook; the night I was vibing turned into straight-up terror.

5Set the table, keep watch, eat and drink: rise up, princes, and get that shield ready.

6The Lord told me, “Yo, get a watchman, let him spill the tea on what he sees.”

7He peeped a chariot with some horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels; he was all ears, no cap.

8He shouted, “A lion! My dude, I’m on the watchtower all day, and I’m on guard all night.”

9And look, here comes a chariot of guys with horsemen. He replied, “Babylon is down, like, totally down; all her god statues are smashed to the ground.”

10O my harvest, and the grain of my floor: what I heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I’ve shared with you, periodt.

11The vibes of Dumah. Someone’s calling me from Seir, “Watchman, what’s the night looking like? Watchman, what’s the night looking like?”

12The watchman said, “Morning’s coming, but so is the night: if you wanna know, just ask; come back, let’s chat.”

13The vibes on Arabia are heavy. In the forest in Arabia, you’ll chill, O traveling crews of Dedanim.

14The folks from Tema brought water to the thirsty, and they hooked up bread to the ones running away, no cap.

15They were bouncing from the swords, the drawn sword, the bent bow, and the straight-up chaos of war.

16The Lord said to me, “In a year, like how a hired hand counts, all the glory of Kedar is gonna flop.”

17And the leftover archers, the strong ones from Kedar, are gonna shrink: for the Lord God of Israel said it.

1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

2A 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.

3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.