Isaiah 21:7-17 Parallel Bible Translations

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7	When he sees riders — pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels — he must pay close attention.”	When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.”	When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert.”
8	Then the lookout reported, “Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night.	Then he who saw cried out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.	And the lookout shouted, “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
9	Look, riders come — horsemen in pairs.” And he answered, saying, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground.”	And 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.”	Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!’”
10	My people who have been crushed on the threshing floor, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel.	O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.	My people who are crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.
11	A pronouncement concerning Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night? ”	The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?”	A prophecy against Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12	The watchman said, “Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again.”	The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”	The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.”
13	A pronouncement concerning Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites.	The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.	A prophecy against Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
14	Bring water for the thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema meet the refugees with food.	To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.	bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.
15	For they have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bow that is strung, and from the stress of battle.	For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.	They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.
16	For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.	For 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.	This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
17	The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.	And 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.”	The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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