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Isaiah 21 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5 - They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6 - For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 - And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9 - See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:10 - O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:12 - The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 - Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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