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Isaiah 21
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God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

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Isa 21:1 - The [fn]oracle^H4853 concerning the [fn]wilderness^H4057 of the sea.^H3220
As windstorms^H5492 in the [fn]Negev^H5045 sweep^H2498 on,
It comes^H935 from the wilderness,^H4057 from a terrifying^H3372 land.^H776

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Isa 21:2 - A harsh^H7186 vision^H2380 has been shown^H5046 to me;
The treacherous^H898 one still deals^H898 treacherously,^H898 and the destroyer^H7703 still destroys.^H7703
Go^H5927 up, Elam,^H5867 lay^H6696 siege,^H6696 Media;^H4074
I have made^H7673 an end^H7673 of all^H3605 [fn]the groaning^H603 she has caused.

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Isa 21:3 - For this^H3651 reason^H5921^H3651 my loins^H4975 are full^H4390 of anguish;^H2479
Pains^H6735 have seized^H270 me like the pains^H6735 of a woman in labor.^H3205
I am so^H4480 bewildered^H5753 I cannot^H4480 hear,^H8085 so^H4480 terrified^H926 I cannot^H4480 see.^H7200

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Isa 21:4 - My [fn]mind^H3824 reels,^H8582 [fn]horror^H6427 overwhelms^H1204 me;
The twilight^H5399 I longed^H2837 for has been turned^H7760 for me into trembling.^H2731

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Isa 21:5 - They set^H6186 the table,^H7979 they [fn]spread^H6823 out the cloth,^H6844 they eat,^H398 they drink;^H8354
“Rise^H6965 up, captains,^H8269 oil^H4886 the shields,”^H4043

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Isa 21:6 - For thus^H3541 the Lord^H136 says^H559 to me,
“Go,^H1980 station^H5975 the lookout,^H6822 let him report^H5046 what^H834 he sees.^H7200

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Isa 21:7 - “When he sees^H7200 riders,^H7393 horsemen^H6571 in pairs,^H6776
A train^H7393 of donkeys,^H2543 a train^H7393 of camels,^H1581
Let him pay^H7181 close^H7182 attention,^H7181 very^H7227 close^H7182 attention.”^H7182

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Isa 21:8 - Then [fn]the lookout^H4707 called,^H7121
“O Lord,^H136 I stand^H5975 continually^H8548 by day^H3119 on the watchtower,^H4707
And I am stationed^H5324 every^H3605 night^H3915 at my guard^H4931 post.^H4931

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Isa 21:9 - “Now behold,^H2009 here^H2088 comes^H935 a troop^H376 of riders,^H7393 horsemen^H6571 in pairs.”^H6776
And one said,^H559 “Fallen,^H5307 fallen^H5307 is Babylon;^H894
And all^H3605 the images^H6456 of her gods^H430 [fn]are shattered^H7665 on the ground.”^H776

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Isa 21:10 - O my threshed^H4098 people, and my [fn]afflicted^H1121 of the threshing^H1637 floor!^H1637
What^H834 I have heard^H8085 from the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635
The God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 I make^H5046 known^H5046 to you.

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Isa 21:11 - The [fn]oracle^H4853 concerning [fn]Edom.^H123
One keeps calling^H7121 to me from Seir,^H8165
“Watchman,^H8104 [fn]how^H4100 far gone^H4480 is the night?^H3915
Watchman,^H8104 [fn]how^H4100 far gone^H4480 is the night?”^H3915

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Isa 21:12 - The watchman^H8104 says,^H559
“Morning^H1242 comes^H857 but also^H1571 night.^H3915
If^H518 you would inquire,^H1158 inquire;^H1158
Come^H857 back^H7725 again.”^H7725

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Isa 21:13 - The [fn]oracle^H4853 about Arabia.^H6152
In the thickets^H3293 of Arabia^H6152 you [fn]must spend^H3885 the night,^H3885
O caravans^H736 of Dedanites.^H1720

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Isa 21:14 - Bring^H857 water^H4325 [fn]for the thirsty,^H6771
O inhabitants^H3427 of the land^H776 of Tema,^H8485
Meet^H6923 the fugitive^H5074 with bread.^H3899

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Isa 21:15 - For they have fled^H5074 from the swords,^H2719
From the drawn^H5203 sword,^H2719 and from the bent^H1869 bow^H7198
And from the press^H3514 of battle.^H4421

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Isa 21:16 - For thus^H3541 the Lord^H136 said^H559 to me, “In a year,^H8141 as [fn]a hired^H7916 man^H7916 would count^H8141 it, all^H3605 the splendor^H3519 of Kedar^H6938 will terminate;^H3615

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Isa 21:17 - and the remainder^H7605 of the number^H4557 of bowmen,^H7198 the mighty^H1368 men^H1368 of the sons^H1121 of Kedar,^H6938 will be few;^H4591 for the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 has spoken.”^H1696

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(21:1)

Or, burden of

(21:1)

Or, sandy wastes, sea country

(21:1)

I.e. South country

(21:2)

Literally: her groaning

(21:4)

Literally: heart has wandered

(21:4)

Literally: shuddering

(21:5)

Or, spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating

(21:8)

So DSS; M.T. he called like a lion

(21:9)

Literally: he has shattered to the earth

(21:10)

Literally: son

(21:11)

Or, burden

(21:11)

So the Gr; Heb Dumah, silence

(21:11)

Literally: what is the time of the night?

Or, burden

Or, will spend

Literally: to meet

Literally: the years of a hireling

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Isaiah 21
NASB95
– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)