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Isaiah 21 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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A Message about Babylon

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea[fn]:
Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,
like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - I see a terrifying vision:
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - My stomach aches and burns with pain.
Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
I am too afraid to look.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My mind reels and my heart races.
I longed for evening to come,
but now I am terrified of the dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:5 - Look! They are preparing a great feast.
They are spreading rugs for people to sit on.
Everyone is eating and drinking.
But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle.
You are being attacked!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:6 - Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,
“Put a watchman on the city wall.
Let him shout out what he sees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 - He should look for chariots
drawn by pairs of horses,
and for riders on donkeys and camels.
Let the watchman be fully alert.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:8 - Then the watchman[fn] called out,
“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.
Night after night I have remained at my post.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9 - Now at last—look!
Here comes a man in a chariot
with a pair of horses!”
Then the watchman said,
“Babylon is fallen, fallen!
All the idols of Babylon
lie broken on the ground!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:10 - O my people, threshed and winnowed,
I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,
everything the God of Israel has told me.
A Message about Edom

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - This message came to me concerning Edom[fn]:
Someone from Edom[fn] keeps calling to me,
“Watchman, how much longer until morning?
When will the night be over?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:12 - The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.
If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
A Message about Arabia

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:13 - This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:14 - O people of Tema,
bring water to these thirsty people,
food to these weary refugees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - They have fled from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day,[fn] all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew concerning the desert by the sea.
As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads a lion.
Hebrew Dumah, which means “silence” or “stillness.” It is a wordplay on the word Edom.
Hebrew Seir, another name for Edom.
Hebrew Within a year, as a servant bound by contract would count it. Some ancient manuscripts read Within three years, as in 16:14.
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Isaiah Chapter 21 — Additional Translations:

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