Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Isa 21:1 |
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land. |
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Isa 21:2 |
A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end. |
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Isa 21:3 |
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see. |
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Isa 21:4 |
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling. |
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Isa 21:5 |
They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, [fn] they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield! |
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Isa 21:6 |
For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees. |
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Isa 21:7 |
"When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently." |
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Isa 21:8 |
Then he who saw cried out: [fn] "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights. |
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Isa 21:9 |
"And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground." |
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Isa 21:10 |
O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you. |
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Isa 21:11 |
The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?" |
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Isa 21:12 |
The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again." |
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Isa 21:13 |
The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites. |
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Isa 21:14 |
To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema. |
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Isa 21:15 |
For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle. |
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Isa 21:16 |
For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. |
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Isa 21:17 |
"And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord , the God of Israel, has spoken." |
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Isaiah - Chapter 21
   
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