Thematic Bible
Isaiah 21:1 (show verse)
Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.
Isaiah 21:2 (show verse)
I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"
Isaiah 21:3 (show verse)
For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.
Isaiah 21:4 (show verse)
My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.
Isaiah 21:5 (show verse)
Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!
Isaiah 21:6 (show verse)
For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7 (show verse)
When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert."
Isaiah 21:8 (show verse)
Then the guard cries out: "On the watchtower, O sovereign master, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.
Isaiah 21:9 (show verse)
Look what's coming! A charioteer, a team of horses." When questioned, he replies, "Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!"
Isaiah 21:10 (show verse)
O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.
Isaiah 21:11 (show verse)
Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls 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 then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again."
Isaiah 21:13 (show verse)
Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.
Isaiah 21:14 (show verse)
Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.
Isaiah 21:15 (show verse)
For they flee from the swords -- from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.
Isaiah 21:16 (show verse)
For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
Isaiah 21:17 (show verse)
Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left." Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken.