Isaiah 21:7-17 ▼

7 “When he sees a column of chariots, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”

8 Then the lookout called, “Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

9 “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.”

10 My downtrodden people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of armies, The God of Israel, I make known to you.

11 The pronouncement concerning Edom: One keeps calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?”

12 The watchman says, “Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again.”

13 The pronouncement about Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, You caravans of Dedanites.

14 Bring water for the thirsty, You inhabitants of the land of Tema; Meet the fugitive with bread.

15 For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, And from the press of battle.

16 For this is what the Lord said to me: “In a year, as a hired worker would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end;

17 and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken.”