The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians is again prophesied, 11. The like of the Idumeans; 13. and of Arabians.The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians is againe prophecied, 11. The like of the Idumeans; 13. and of Arabians.✦
The burden of the desert sea. As whirlwinds come from the South, it cometh from the desert, from an horrible land.THE burden of the desert sea. As whirlewinds come from the South, it cometh from the desert, from an horrible land.✦Onus deserti maris. Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.
2A sore vision was told me: he that is incredulous doth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, wasteth. Come up Aelam, besiege O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.A sore vision was told me : he that is incredulous doth vnfaithfully : & he that is a spoiler, wasteth. Come vp Aelam, besiege ô Mede : I haue made al the moorning therof to cease.✦Visio dura nuntiata est mihi : qui incredulus est infideliter agit ; et qui depopulator est vastat. Ascende, Ælam ; obside, Mede ; omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.
3Therefore are my loins filled with sorrow, anguish hath possessed me, as the anguish of a woman that travaileth: I fell down when I heard it, I was troubled when I saw it.Therfore are my loines filled with sorow, anguish hath possessed me, as the anguish of a woman that trauaileth : I fel downe when I heard it, I was trubled when I saw it.✦Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore ; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis ; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.
4Mine heart failed, darkness made me stupefecerunt: stunned, stupefied: Babylon my beloved is made a miraculum: a supernatural wonder; an object of astonishment, a portent unto me.Mine hart fayled, darkenes made me astonied : Babylon my beloued is made a miracle vnto me.✦Emarcuit cor meum ; tenebræ stupefecerunt me : Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum.
5Lay the table, look about in the watch tower the eaters and drinkers: arise ye princes, take shield.Lay the table, looke about in the watch towre the eaters and drinkers : arise ye princes, take shield.✦Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes : surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.
6For thus hath our Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.For thus hath our Lord sayd to me : Goe, and set a watchman : and what soeuer he shal see, let him tel.✦Hæc enim dixit mihi Dominus : Vade, et pone speculatorem, et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.
7And he saw a chariot of two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much looking.And he saw a chariote of two horsemen, a rider vpon an asse, and a rider vpon a camel : and he beheld them diligently with much looking.✦Et vidit currum duorum equitum, ascensorem asini, et ascensorem cameli ; et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.
8And a lion cried: I am upon the watch tower of our Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my watch, standing whole nights.And a lion cried : I am vpon the watch towre of our Lord, standing continually by day : and I am vpon my watch, standing whole nights.✦Et clamavit leo : Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem ; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.
9Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot of two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Fallen, fallen is Babylon, and all the sculptilia: graven idols, carved figures of the gods thereof are broken to the ground.Behold this man cometh, the rider vpon the chariot of two horsemen, and he answered, and said : Fallen, fallen is Babylon, and al the sculptils of the gods therof are broken to the ground.✦Ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigæ equitum ; et respondit, et dixit : Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum ejus contrita sunt in terram.
10O my threshing, and children of my floor, the things that I have heard of the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, I have shewed unto you.O my threshing, and children of my flore, the thinges that I haue heard of the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, I haue shewed vnto you.✦Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.
11The burden of Duma crieth to me out of Seir: Watchman what of the night? watchman what of the night?The burden of Duma crieth to me out of Seir : Watchman what of the night? watchman what of the night?✦Onus Duma. Ad me clamat ex Seir : Custos, quid de nocte ? custos, quid de nocte ?
12The watchman said: morning is come and night: if you seek, seek: return, come.The watchman said : morning is come & night : if you seeke, seeke : returne, come.✦Dixit custos : Venit mane et nox ; si quæritis, quærite ; convertimini, venite.
13The burden in Arabia. In the forest at even you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.The burden in Arabia. In the forest at euen you shal sleepe, in the pathes of Dedanim.✦Onus in Arabia. In saltu ad vesperam dormietis, in semitis Dedanim.
14Meeting the thirsty bring water, you that inhabit the land of the South, with bread meet him that fleeth.Meeting the thirstie bring water, you that inhabite the land of the South, with bread meete him that fleeth.✦Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram austri ; cum panibus occurrite fugienti.
15For they are fled from the face of the swords, from the face of the sword hanging over, from the face of the bow bent, from the face of a grievous battle.For they are fled from the face of the swordes, from the face of the sword hanging ouer, from the face of the bow bent, from the face of a greuous battel.A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii imminentis, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis prælii.
16Because thus saith our Lord to me: Yet in one year, as in the year of an hired man, and all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.Because thus sayth our Lord to me : Yet in one yeare, as in the yeare of an hyred man, and al the glorie of Cedar shal be taken away.✦Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus ad me : Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii, et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.
17And the remnant of the number of the strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for our Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.And the remnant of the number of the strong archers of the children of Cedar shal be diminished : for our Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.✦Et reliquiæ numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar imminuentur ; Dominus enim Deus Israël locutus est.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.