Thematic Bible
Isaiah 21:1 (show verse)
A message concerning the pasture by the Sea. "Like whirlwinds in the Negev sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a distant land.
Isaiah 21:2 (show verse)
A dire vision has been announced to me: the traitor betrays, and the plunderer takes loot. Get up, Elam! Attack, Media! I am putting a stop to all the groaning she has caused.
Isaiah 21:3 (show verse)
Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.
Isaiah 21:4 (show verse)
And as for my heart, horror has terrified me; the twilight I longed for has started to make me tremble.
Isaiah 21:5 (show verse)
They set the tables; they spread the carpets; they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers! Oil the shields!"
Isaiah 21:6 (show verse)
For this is what the LORD told me: "Go post a lookout. Have him report what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7 (show verse)
When he sees chariots, each man with a pair of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him pay attention, full attention."
Isaiah 21:8 (show verse)
Then the lookout shouted: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and I am stationed at my post throughout the night.
Isaiah 21:9 (show verse)
Look! Here come riders, each man with a pair of horses!" They're shouting out the answer: "Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and they have shattered all the images of her gods on the ground!
Isaiah 21:10 (show verse)
O my downtrodden people, my wall! I'll tell you what I have heard from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel."
Isaiah 21:11 (show verse)
A message concerning Dumah. "Someone is calling to me from Seir: "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?'
Isaiah 21:12 (show verse)
The watchman replies: "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you want to ask, then ask; come back again.'"
Isaiah 21:13 (show verse)
A message concerning Arabia. "You will camp in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of the Dedanites.
Isaiah 21:14 (show verse)
Bring water for the thirsty, you who live in the land of Tema. Meet the fugitive with bread,
Isaiah 21:15 (show verse)
For he has fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle."
Isaiah 21:16 (show verse)
For this is what the LORD is saying to me: "Within three years, according to the years of a contract worker, the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.
Isaiah 21:17 (show verse)
And there will be few archers, those who are descendants of Kedar, who survive, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."