11. The burden of Dumah. Unto me is [one] calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'
12. The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
13. The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim.
14. To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive.
15. For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
16. For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.
17. And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'