The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning the beasts H929 of the Negev H5045.
Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish H6695,
From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion H3918, viper H660 and flying H5774 fiery H8314 serpent H8314,
They carry H5375 their wealth H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895
Then He will give H5414 you rain H4306 for [fn]the seed H2233 which H834 you will sow H2232 in the ground H127, and bread H3899 from the produce H8393 of the ground H127, and it will be [fn]rich H1879 and fat H8082; on that day H3117 your livestock H4735 will graze H7462 in a roomy H7337 pasture H3733.
His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 torrent H5158,
Which reaches H2673 to the neck H6677,
To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and H5130 forth H5130 in a [fn]sieve H5299 of worthlessness H7723,
And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which staggers H8582 one to ruin H8582.
You will have H1961 [fn]songs H7892 as in the night H3915 when you set H6942 yourself apart H6942 as holy H6942 for the festival H2282,
And gladness H8057 of heart H3824 as when one marches H1980 to the sound of the flute H2485,
To go H935 to the mountain H2022 of Yahweh H3068, to the Rock H6697 of Israel H3478.
For [fn]Topheth H8613 has long H865 been ready H6186,
Indeed H1571, it has been prepared H3559 for the king H4428.
He has made H6009 it deep H6009 and large H7337,
[fn]A pyre H4071 of fire H784 with plenty H7235 of wood H6086;
The breath H5397 of Yahweh H3068, like a torrent H5158 of brimstone H1614, sets H1197 it afire H1197.
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