Isaiah 21
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
3 Therefore are 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.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
Cross-references
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- 1Isa 14:23, Jer 51:42, Isa 13:1, Zec 9:14, Isa 17:1, Isa 13:20–22, Dan 11:40, Isa 13:4–5
- 2Jer 49:34, Isa 33:1, Isa 24:16, Psa 60:3, Dan 5:28, Rev 13:10, Jer 51:48–49, Jer 51:53
- 3Isa 13:8, Isa 26:17, Psa 48:6, Mic 4:9–10, 1Th 5:3, Jer 48:41, Isa 16:11, Hab 3:16
- 4Luk 21:34–36, Jer 51:57, 2Sa 13:28–29, 1Sa 25:36–38, Jer 51:39, Isa 5:11–14, Nam 1:10, Est 7:6–10
- 5Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57, Jer 51:11, Dan 5:1–5, Isa 45:1–3, 1Co 15:32, Isa 13:17–18, Isa 13:2
- 6Ezk 33:2–7, Hab 2:1–2, Ezk 3:17, 2Ki 9:17–20, Isa 62:6, Jer 51:12–13
- 7Isa 21:9, Isa 37:24, Heb 2:1
- 8Hab 2:1–2, Isa 5:29, Jer 25:38, Isa 56:10, 1Pe 5:8, Psa 127:1, Jer 49:19, Psa 63:6
- 9Rev 18:2, Rev 14:8, Jer 51:8, Jer 51:44, Isa 13:19, Isa 46:1–2, Jer 51:27, Jer 50:42
- 10Jer 51:33, Mic 4:13, Mat 3:12, Ezk 3:17–19, Isa 41:15–16, 2Ki 13:7, Act 20:26–27, 1Ki 22:14
- 11Gen 25:14, Oba 1:1–16, Amo 1:6, Jol 3:19, Gen 32:3, Jer 49:7–22, Deu 2:5, Isa 34:1–17
- 12Act 17:30–32, Act 2:37–38, Ezk 14:1–6, Ezk 7:12, Ezk 7:10, Isa 55:7, Ezk 7:5–7, Ezk 18:30–32
- 13Jer 25:23–24, Ezk 27:15, 1Ch 1:32, Gen 25:3, 1Ki 10:15, Isa 13:1, Isa 13:20, 1Ch 1:9
- 14Job 6:19, Gen 25:15, Pro 25:21, Rom 12:20, 1Pe 4:9, Isa 16:3–4, 1Ch 1:30, Jdg 8:4–8
- 15Job 6:19–20, Isa 13:14
- 16Psa 120:5, Sng 1:5, Isa 16:14, Isa 60:7, Jer 49:28, Ezk 27:21, Gen 25:13, Isa 42:11
- 17Num 23:19, Zec 1:6, Mat 24:35, Isa 1:20, Psa 107:39, Isa 17:4–5, Isa 10:18–19, Jer 44:29