Thematic Bible
Isaiah 21:1 (show verse)
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 21:2 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 21:3 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 21:4 (show verse)
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
Isaiah 21:5 (show verse)
They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
Isaiah 21:6 (show verse)
For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7 (show verse)
When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."
Isaiah 21:8 (show verse)
Then he who saw cried out: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.
Isaiah 21:9 (show verse)
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."
Isaiah 21:10 (show verse)
O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
Isaiah 21:11 (show verse)
The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?"
Isaiah 21:12 (show verse)
The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."
Isaiah 21:13 (show verse)
The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
Isaiah 21:14 (show verse)
To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
Isaiah 21:15 (show verse)
For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.
Isaiah 21:16 (show verse)
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.
Isaiah 21:17 (show verse)
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."