Isaiah 21:7-17 ▼

7 When he sees chariots, each man with a pair of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him pay attention, full attention.|

8 Then the lookout shouted: |Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and I am stationed at my post throughout the night.

9 Look! Here come riders, each man with a pair of horses!| They're shouting out the answer: |Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and they have shattered all the images of her gods on the ground!

10 O my downtrodden people, my wall! I'll tell you what I have heard from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel.|

11 A message concerning Dumah. |Someone is calling to me from Seir: 'Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?'

12 The watchman replies: 'Morning is coming, but also the night. If you want to ask, then ask; come back again.'|

13 A message concerning Arabia. |You will camp in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of the Dedanites.

14 Bring water for the thirsty, you who live in the land of Tema. Meet the fugitive with bread,

15 For he has fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.|

16 For this is what the LORD is saying to me: |Within three years, according to the years of a contract worker, the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.

17 And there will be few archers, those who are descendants of Kedar, who survive, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.|