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Isaiah 21:1
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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. |
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| Isaiah 21:2 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 21:3 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 21:4 |
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me:
the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. |
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| Isaiah 21:5 |
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower,
eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. |
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| Isaiah 21:6 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:7 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:8 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:9 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:10 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:11 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:12 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:13 |
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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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| Isaiah 21:14 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 21:15 |
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn
sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. |
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| Isaiah 21:16 |
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within
a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall
fail: |
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| Isaiah 21:17 |
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And the residue of the number of archers, the
mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of
Israel hath spoken it. |
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