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Isa.|21:1|-|The burden concerning the wilderness of the sea:Like storm winds
In the |1|Negev passing through,It comes from the wilderness
From an awesome land.
Isa.|21:2|-|A harsh visionHas been announced to me;
The unfaithful one deals unfaithfully,And the destroyer destroys.
Go up, Elam;Lay siege, Media;
I have put an endTo all her groaning.
Isa.|21:3|-|Therefore my loinsAre full of anguish;
Pangs have taken hold of meLike the pangs of a woman in labor.
I am bent over at the hearing of it;I am terrified at the seeing of it.
Isa.|21:4|-|My heart reels;Shuddering overwhelms me.
The twilight that I loveHas become a source of trembling to me.
Isa.|21:5|-|Setting the table!Spreading out the rug!
Eating! Drinking!Rise, princes;
Oil the shields.
Isa.|21:6|-|For thus saysThe Lord to me,
Go, set a watchman;Let him report what he sees.
Isa.|21:7|-|And he saw riders,A team of horsemen;
Riders of donkeys,Riders of camels;
And he attends with attention,With much attention.
Isa.|21:8|-|And he calls out like a lion:On the watchtower, Lord,
I stand continually by day;At my guardpost
I am stationedEvery night.
Isa.|21:9|-|And now there comeRiding men,
A team of horsemen.And one answers and says,
|a|Fallen, fallen is Babylon!And all the |b|idols of her gods
Has He shattered to the ground.
Isa.|21:10|-|My |a|threshed ones,And the son of the threshing floor!
What I have heardFrom Jehovah of hosts,
The God of Israel,I have declared to you.
Isa.|21:11|-|The burden concerning |1|Dumah:Someone is calling to me from Seir:
Guard, what remains of the night?Guard, what remains of the night?
Isa.|21:12|-|The guard says,Morning is coming,
But so also is night;If you will ask, ask;
Return, come.
Isa.|21:13|-|The burden against Arabia:In the thicket of Arabia you must spend the night,
You nomad clans of the Dedanim.
Isa.|21:14|-|They bring waterTo meet the thirsty;
The inhabitants of the land of TemaMeet with bread those who flee;
Isa.|21:15|-|For they flee from swords—From the drawn sword,
From the bent bow,And from the harshness of battle.
Isa.|21:16|-|For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, like a wage worker’s year, all the glory of Kedar will end,
Isa.|21:17|-|And the remainder of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for Jehovah the God of Israel has spoken.
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