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Isaiah 21
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Isaiah 21 . 1
1 This 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.CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:1
Isaiah 21 . 2
2 A 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.”CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:2
Isaiah 21 . 3
3 Therefore 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.CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:3
Isaiah 21 . 4
4 My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:4
Isaiah 21 . 5
5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:5
Isaiah 21 . 6
6 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:6
Isaiah 21 . 7
7 When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:7
Isaiah 21 . 8
8 Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:8
Isaiah 21 . 9
9 Look, 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!”CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:9
Isaiah 21 . 10
10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.CIsaiah 21:1-10TOSKIsaiah 21:10
Isaiah 21 . 11
11 This 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?”TOSKIsaiah 21:11
Isaiah 21 . 12
12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”TOSKIsaiah 21:12
Isaiah 21 . 13
13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.TOSKIsaiah 21:13
Isaiah 21 . 14
14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.TOSKIsaiah 21:14
Isaiah 21 . 15
15 For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.TOSKIsaiah 21:15
Isaiah 21 . 16
16 For 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.TOSKIsaiah 21:16
Isaiah 21 . 17
17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.TOSKIsaiah 21:17