Thematic Bible
Isaiah 21:1 (show verse)
An oracle against the desert by the sea:
Like storms that pass over the Negev,
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
Isaiah 21:2 (show verse)
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Isaiah 21:3 (show verse)
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Isaiah 21:4 (show verse)
horror terrifies me.
He has turned my last glimmer of hope
into sheer terror.
Isaiah 21:5 (show verse)
Eat and drink!
Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
Isaiah 21:6 (show verse)
“Go, post a lookout;
let him report what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7 (show verse)
pairs of horsemen,
riders on donkeys,
riders on camels—
he must pay close attention.”
Isaiah 21:8 (show verse)
“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,
and I stay at my post all night.
Isaiah 21:9 (show verse)
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”
Isaiah 21:10 (show verse)
on the threshing floor,
I have declared to you
what I have heard from the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel.
Isaiah 21:11 (show verse)
An oracle against Dumah:
One calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Isaiah 21:12 (show verse)
“Morning has come, and also night.
If you want to ask, ask!
Come back again.”
Isaiah 21:13 (show verse)
An oracle against Arabia:
In the desert brush
you will camp for the night,
you caravans of Dedanites.
you will camp for the night,
you caravans of Dedanites.
Isaiah 21:14 (show verse)
The inhabitants of the land of Tema
meet
Isaiah 21:15 (show verse)
from the drawn sword,
from the bow that is strung,
and from the stress of battle.
Isaiah 21:16 (show verse)
For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
Isaiah 21:17 (show verse)
The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.