Isaiah 21 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

Isa 21:1The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

Isa 21:2

Isa 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isa 21:3

Isa 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

Isa 21:4

Isa 21:4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

Isa 21:5

Isa 21:5They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Isa 21:6

Isa 21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

Isa 21:7

Isa 21:7and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

Isa 21:8

Isa 21:8And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;

Isa 21:9

Isa 21:9and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.

Isa 21:10

Isa 21:10O thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

Isa 21:11

Isa 21:11The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Isa 21:12

Isa 21:12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.

Isa 21:13

Isa 21:13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

Isa 21:14

Isa 21:14Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.

Isa 21:15

Isa 21:15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

Isa 21:16

Isa 21:16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

Isa 21:17

Isa 21:17and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Isaiah 21 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

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