11 The burden of Dumah.

One crieth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what (hour) of the night? Watchman, what (hour) of the night?

12 The watchman said, Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.

13 The burden upon Arabia.

In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, ye caravans of Dedanim.

14 Bring ye water, to meet him that is thirsty; the inhabitants of the land of Tema welcome the fugitive with his bread.

15 For they are fugitives from the face of the swords, from the face of the drawn sword, and of the bent bow, and of the weight of war.

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, as the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall be consumed;

7. Or, ‘and should he see...let him hearken,’ continuing the Word for ‘troop’ means also ‘a rider.11. Or, ‘what (cometh out) of the Right?13. ‘ upon ’ ‘in ’ Less prob. ‘in the ’15. ‘drawn,’ or ‘brandished’: ‘weight,’ i.e. pressure.

17 And the remnant of the number of bows, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.

XXII. The burden of the valley of vision.

1 What aileth thee, then, that thou art gone up, all of thee, to the house tops?

2 She is ﬁlled with tumult, an uproarious city, a jubilant town; thy smitten ones are not smitten with the sword, nor dead in battle.

3 All thy rulers are fled together; without the bow they are made captive; all that are found of thee are made captive, they ﬂed afar off

4 Therefore I said, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; press not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

5 For the Lord God of Hosts hath a day of discomfiture, and treading down, and perplexity, in the valley of vision; digging down the wall, and a cry (goeth) to the mountain.

6 And Elam bare a quiver, with troops of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

7 And it cometh to pass, thy choice valleys are full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

8 And he removed the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

9 And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool

10 And ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses did ye break down to fortify the wall.

3. ‘without’: possibly, ‘by the bow.8. Perhaps, ‘armoury of the house....

11 And ye made a lake between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye looked not unto him that made it, neither had respect unto him that formed it long ago.

12 And in that day did the Lord God of Hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen slaughtering sheep, eating ﬂesh and drinking wine: (Let us) eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.