Isaiah

Isaiah 21 ©

1 The prophet seeth in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. 11 He giveth warning to Edom. 13 The set time of Arabia's calamity.

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THE burden of athe desert of the sea. bAs whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, cfrom a terrible land.

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A 1grievous vision is declared unto me; dthe treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. eGo up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all fthe sighing thereof have I made to cease.

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Therefore gare my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that *travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

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2My heart panted, fearfulness *affrighted me: hthe night of my pleasure hath he 3turned into fear unto me.

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iPrepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: jarise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a kwatchman, let him declare what he seeth.

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And he saw la chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

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And 4he cried, A lion: My lord, mI stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set *in my ward 5whole nights:

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And, behold, nhere cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, oBabylon is fallen, is fallen; and pall the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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qO my threshing, and the 6corn of rmy floor: sthat which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

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tThe burden of uDumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, vWatchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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The watchman said, wThe morning cometh, and also the night: xif ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

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yThe burden upon Arabia. In the forest in zArabia shall ye lodge, O aye travelling companies of Dedanim.

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The inhabitants of the land of bTema 7brought water to him that was thirsty, they cprevented with their bread him that fled.

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For dthey fled 8from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the eyears of an hireling, and all the glory of fKedar shall fail:

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And the residue of the number of 9archers, the gmighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: hfor the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.