Isaiah 21
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Isaiah 21:1
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The oracle concerning the (Or {sandy wastes, sea country}) wilderness of the sea. As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
Isaiah 21:2
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A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one {still} deals treacherously, and the destroyer {still} destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.
Isaiah 21:3
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For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Isaiah 21:4
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My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
Isaiah 21:5
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They set the table, they (Or {spread out the rugs} or possibly {they arranged the seating}) spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields,"
Isaiah 21:6
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For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7
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"When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention."
Isaiah 21:8
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Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
Isaiah 21:9
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"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."
Isaiah 21:10
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O my threshed {people,} and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Isaiah 21:11
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The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, (Lit {what} is the time {of the night?}) how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
Isaiah 21:12
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The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."
Isaiah 21:13
Isaiah 21:14
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Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread.
Isaiah 21:15
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For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle.
Isaiah 21:16
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For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;
Isaiah 21:17
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and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken."
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