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Themes in Isaiah 21
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Themes in Isaiah 21

Isaiah 21:1

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

Isaiah 21:2

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

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

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

Isaiah 21:5

They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”

Isaiah 21:6

For thus the Lord says to me,
“Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.

Isaiah 21:7

“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

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

“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

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

The oracle concerning Edom.
One keeps calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, how far gone is the night?
Watchman, how far gone is the night?”

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”

Isaiah 21:13

The oracle about Arabia.
In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night,
O caravans of Dedanites.

Isaiah 21:14

Bring water for the thirsty,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Meet the fugitive with bread.

Isaiah 21:15

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

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

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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