Self-interpreting Bible

1 THE burden of ^athe desert of the sea. ^bAs whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, ^cfrom a terrible land.

• a: Is. 13:1 , Is. 13:19 , Is. 13:22 , Is. 14:23 , Je. 50:42 , Je. 51:13 , Je. 51:36 , Je. 51:42
• b: Job 37:9 , Job 1:19 , Zec. 9:14 , Je. 51:1 , Je. 4:11 , Eze. 1:4
• c: Is. 13:4 , Is. 13:17 , Is. 13:18 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28

2 A ¹grievous vision is declared unto me; ^dthe treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. ^eGo up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all ^fthe sighing thereof have I made to cease.

• 1: Heb. hard. ch. 13; 14. Je. 50; 51. , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51
• d: Is. 33:1 , Is. 24:16 , Re. 13:10 , Je. 51:49 , Je. 51:56 , Je. 50:29 , Mat. 7:2 , Ju. 1:7
• e: Je. 49:34 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28 , Is. 11:11 , Is. 13:2 - 4 , Is. 13:17 , Is. 13:18
• f: Is. 14:3 , Ps. 137:1 - 3 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34

3 Therefore ^gare 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.

• g: Is. 15:5 , Is. 15:8 , Is. 16:9 , Is. 13:7 , Is. 13:8 , Hab. 3:16 , Je. 50:43 , Je. 51:29 , Je. 51:38 , Da. 5:6
• *: travaileth-labours in childbirth.

4 ²My heart panted, fearfulness ^*affrighted me: ^hthe night of my pleasure hath he ³turned into fear unto me.

• 2: Or, My mind wandereth.
• *: affrighted-frightened.
• h: Da. 5:1 - 6 , Da. 5:26 - 30 , De. 28:67
• 3: Heb. put.

5 ⁱPrepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: ^jarise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

• i: Da. 5:1 - 4 , Je. 51:39 , Je. 51:57 , Job 21:13 , Is. 5:12 , Is. 22:13
• j: Is. 13:2 , Is. 13:17 , Is. 13:18 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:12 , Je. 51:56 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28 , 2Sa. 1:21

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

• k: Is. 52:8 , Is. 62:6 , Eze. 3:17 , Eze. 33:7 , Hab. 2:1 , 2Sa. 13:34 , 2Sa. 18:24 - 27 , 2Ki. 9:17 , 2Ki. 9:20

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

• l: Is. 21:2 , Is. 21:9 , Is. 13:4 , Is. 13:17 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28

8 And ⁴he cried, A lion: My lord, ^mI stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set ^*in my ward ⁵whole nights:

• 4: Or, cried as a lion. ch. 15.5. Ps. 11.1. Je. 50.44,46. Re. 10.3. Ho. 11.10. , Is. 15:5 , Ps. 11:1 , Je. 50:44 , Je. 50:46 , Re. 10:3 , Ho. 11:10
• m: Hab. 2:1 , Is. 62:1 , Is. 62:6
• *: in ward-on guard, on watch.
• 5: Or, every night.

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

• n: Is. 13:4 , Is. 13:17 , Is. 21:2 , Je. 50:3 , Je. 50:9 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 50:42 , Je. 51:11 , Je. 51:27
• o: Je. 51:8 , Je. 50:2 , Je. 50:32 , Is. 13:19 , Is. 14:12 , Re. 14:8 , Re. 18:1 , Re. 18:2 , Ps. 92:10 , Ps. 93:3
• p: Is. 46:1 , Is. 46:2 , Je. 50:2 , Je. 51:44 , Da. 5:2 - 4

10 ^qO my threshing, and the ⁶corn of ^rmy floor: ^sthat which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

• q: Je. 51:33 , Is. 41:15 , Is. 41:16 , Mi. 4:13 , Hab. 3:12
• 6: Heb. son.
• r: Mat. 3:12
• s: Eze. 3:17 - 19 , Ac. 20:26 , Ac. 20:27 , Mat. 28:20 , 1Co. 11:23

11 ¶^tThe burden of ^uDumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, ^vWatchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

• t: 1Ch. 1:30 , Is. 13:1 , Is. 34:1 - 17 , Je. 49:7 - 22 , Eze. 35:2 , Ob. vs. 1
• u: Eze. 25:12 - 14
• v: Is. 21:6 , Je. 37:17 , Eze. 33:30

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

• w: Is. 17:14 , Je. 50:27 , Je. 15:9 , Eze. 7:2 - 12 , Lu. 19:42 - 44 , Is. 45:7 , Is. 47:5 , Zep. 1:15 , 2:2 , Am. 5:18
• x: Je. 22:8 , De. 29:24 , Lu. 13:3 , Lu. 13:5 , Is. 55:7 , Da. 4:27

13 ¶^yThe burden upon Arabia. In the forest in ^zArabia shall ye lodge, O ^aye travelling companies of Dedanim.

• y: Je. 49:28 - 33 , Ge. 25:1 - 18 , Je. 25:23 , Je. 25:24 , 1Ch. 1:32
• z: Is. 13:20
• a: Eze. 27:15 , Eze. 27:20 , Job 6:19 , Je. 49:30

14 The inhabitants of the land of ^bTema ⁷brought water to him that was thirsty, they ^cprevented with their bread him that fled.

• b: Ge. 25:15 , Job 6:19 , Is. 16:4 , Pr. 30:8
• 7: Or, bring ye.
• c: Mat. 17:25

15 For ^dthey fled ⁸from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

• d: Je. 49:30 , Ge. 19:17 , 1Sa. 31:7 , Job 2:4 , Job 6:19 , Job 6:20
• 8: Or, for fear. Heb. from the face.

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

• e: Job 7:1 , Is. 16:14
• f: Ge. 25:13 , Ps. 120:5 , Is. 60:7 , Je. 49:28

17 And the residue of the number of ⁹archers, the ^gmighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: ^hfor the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

• 9: Heb. bows.
• g: Ps. 107:39 , Is. 10:18 , Is. 10:19 , Is. 10:22 , Is. 17:4 , Is. 17:5
• h: Is. 1:20 , Nu. 23:19 , 1Sa. 15:29 , Zec. 1:6 , Is. 40:10 , Is. 40:11