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Commands That Babylon Be Taken |
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| Isaiah 21:1 |
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The oracle concerning the wilderness of the
sea. As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a
terrifying land. |
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| Isaiah 21:2 |
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A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous
one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam,
lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused. |
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| Isaiah 21:3 |
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For this reason my loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I
cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see. |
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| Isaiah 21:4 |
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My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight
I longed for has been turned for me into trembling. |
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| Isaiah 21:5 |
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They set the table, they spread out the cloth,
they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields," |
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| Isaiah 21:6 |
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For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the
lookout, let him report what he sees. |
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| Isaiah 21:7 |
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"When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train
of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention." |
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| Isaiah 21:8 |
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Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually
by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post. |
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| Isaiah 21:9 |
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"Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen
in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her
gods are shattered on the ground." |
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| Isaiah 21:10 |
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O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the
threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel,
I make known to you. |
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Oracles about Edom and Arabia |
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| Isaiah 21:11 |
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The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling
to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone
is the night?" |
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| Isaiah 21:12 |
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The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again." |
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| Isaiah 21:13 |
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The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of
Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites. |
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| Isaiah 21:14 |
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Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of
the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread. |
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| Isaiah 21:15 |
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For they have fled from the swords, From the
drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle. |
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| Isaiah 21:16 |
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For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as
a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate; |
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| Isaiah 21:17 |
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and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the
mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken." |
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