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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, Verse 4

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Therefore 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].
King James Version
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
American Standard Version
My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
New English Translation
My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.
World English Bible
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
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And 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:
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And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
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And, 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.
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O 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.
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
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The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.