Cycle 7 - The Burden of the Wilderness of the Sea [Babylon] (21:1-10)

a. Judgment: The Fall of Babylon, Judah's Captor, and Babylon's gods (21:1-9)

¹ The burden of the desert of the sea.

As whirlwinds in the south pass through;
so it cometh from the desert,
from a terrible land.
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.

³ 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.
⁴ My heart panted,
fearfulness affrighted me:
[this] the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
⁵ Prepare the table,
watch in the watchtower,
eat,
drink:
arise,
ye princes,
and anoint the shield.

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

⁷ 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 [and he hearkens hearkening with much hearkening]:

⁸ 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:
⁹ 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.

b. Blessing: The End of Babylonian Oppression Against Israel (21:10)

¹⁰ 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.

Cycle 8 - The Burden of Dumah [Edom] (21:11-12)

a. Judgment: Night - Calamity for Edom (21:11-12a)

¹¹ The burden of Dumah.

He calleth to me out of Seir,
Watchman,
what of the night?
Watchman,
what of the night?

¹² The watchman said,
The morning cometh,
and also the night:

b. Blessing: Morning - Deliverance for Judah [Implicit] (21:12b-c)

if ye will enquire,
enquire ye:
return,
come.

Cycle 9 - The Burden of Arabia (21:13-17)

a. Judgment - Captivity (21:13-17a)

¹³ The burden upon Arabia.

In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,
O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
¹⁴ The inhabitants of the land of Tema
bought water (to meet) to him that was thirsty,
they prevented with their bread him that fled.
¹⁵ For they fled from [from the face of] the swords,
from [from the face of] the drawn sword,
and from [and from the face of] the bent bow,
and from [and from the face of] the grievousness of war.

b. Blessing - Deliverance of Judah from its Oppressors [Implicit] (21:16b - 17b)