Isaiah 21 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

Isa 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

Isa 21:2

Isa 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isa 21:3

Isa 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.

Isa 21:4

Isa 21:4My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.

Isa 21:5

Isa 21:5Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, 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 he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.

Isa 21:8

Isa 21:8And he cried as a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

Isa 21:9

Isa 21:9-- And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Isa 21:10

Isa 21:10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of 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. He calleth to 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; return, come.

Isa 21:13

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

Isa 21:14

Isa 21:14Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.

Isa 21:15

Isa 21:15For they flee 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 hired servant, and 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 sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Isaiah 21 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

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