Isaiah 21
New International Version - Isaiah 21 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566 21:1 An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror. 21:2 A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused. 21:3 At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see. 21:4 My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me. 21:5 They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields! 21:6 This is what the Lord says to me: 'Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees. 21:7 When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert.' 21:8 And the lookout shouted, 'Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post. 21:9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!' ' 21:10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the Lord Almighty, from the God of Israel. 21:11 An oracle concerning Dumah : Someone calls to me from Seir, 'Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?' 21:12 The watchman replies, 'Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.' 21:13 An oracle concerning Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia, 21:14 bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives. 21:15 They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle. 21:16 This is what the Lord says to me: 'Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end. 21:17 The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.' The Lord , the God of Israel, has spoken.