Thematic Bible
Isaiah 21:1 (show verse)
The oracle of [the] wilderness of [the] sea: As storm winds passing over in the Negev, {it comes} from [the] desert, from a frightful land.
Isaiah 21:2 (show verse)
A hard revelation is told to me; the treacherous deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; lay siege, Media! I put an end to all of her sighing.
Isaiah 21:3 (show verse)
Therefore my loins are filled [with] anguish; pangs have seized me, like [the] pangs of a woman giving birth. I am {too bent to hear}, I am {too dismayed to see}.
Isaiah 21:4 (show verse)
My {mind} staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight {I desired} {brought} me fear.
Isaiah 21:5 (show verse)
Set out the table in order! Spread out the rugs! Eat! drink! Rise up, commanders; smear [the] shield!
Isaiah 21:6 (show verse)
For the Lord said this to me: "Go, set watchman in position. He must announce what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7 (show verse)
When he sees riders, a pair of horsemen, riders of donkeys, riders of camels, {then} he must listen attentively, paying attention, paying {special} attention."
Isaiah 21:8 (show verse)
Then [the] {watchman} called, "Lord, I [am] standing on [the] watchtower continually by day, and I [am] standing at my post {throughout} the night.
Isaiah 21:9 (show verse)
And look [at] this! A man's a chariot [is] coming, a pair of horsemen!" Then he responded and said, "It has fallen! Babylon has fallen! And all the images of her gods are smashed on the ground!"
Isaiah 21:10 (show verse)
My downtrodden people and the son of my threshing floor, I will announce to you what I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel.
Isaiah 21:11 (show verse)
The oracle of Dumah: [One is] calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what {of} [the] night? Watchman, what {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)
An oracle {concerning} Arabia: You will spend the night in the thicket in a desert-plateau, caravans of Dedanites.
Isaiah 21:14 (show verse)
{When you happen to meet} [the] thirsty, bring water. Inhabitants of the land of Tema came to meet [the] fugitive with his bread.
Isaiah 21:15 (show verse)
For they have fled from [the] swords, from [the] drawn sword and [the] bent bow, and from [the] heaviness of [the] battle.
Isaiah 21:16 (show verse)
For the Lord said this to me: "{In one more year}, like [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 number of the bows of the warriors of the sons of Kedar will be few." For Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.