Isaiah 21 :: King James Version (KJV)

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 dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. 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 pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Isa 21:4

Isa 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Isa 21:5

Isa 21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and 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 a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

Isa 21:8

Isa 21:8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Isa 21:9

Isa 21:9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. 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: that which I have heard of the LORD 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 enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

Isa 21:13

Isa 21:13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

Isa 21:14

Isa 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

Isa 21:15

Isa 21:15For they fled 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 an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Isa 21:17

Isa 21:17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

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Isaiah 21 :: King James Version (KJV)

God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

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