Isaiah 21
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1The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
2A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
3Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
4My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
5They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
6For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.6For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
7When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.”7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
8Then he who saw cried out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
9And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
10O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
11The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?”11This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
13The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
14To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
15For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.15For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
16For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.16For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
17And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.”17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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