H.
The judgment of Jehovah — to destroy Babylon because of its idols
21:1-10
Isa. 21
:1
21:1
The burden concerning the wilderness of the sea:
Like storm winds
In the
1Negev passing through,
It comes from the wilderness
From an awesome land.
Isa. 21
:2
21:2
A harsh vision
Has been announced to me;
The unfaithful one deals unfaithfully,
And the destroyer destroys.
Go up, Elam;
Lay siege, Media;
I have put an end
To all her groaning.
Isa. 21
:3
21:3
Therefore my loins
Are full of anguish;
Pangs have taken hold of me
Like 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
21:4
My heart reels;
Shuddering overwhelms me.
The twilight that I love
Has become a
source of trembling to me.
Isa. 21
:5
21:5
Setting the table!
Spreading out the rug!
Eating! Drinking!
Rise, princes;
Oil the shields.
Isa. 21
:6
21:6
For thus says
The Lord to me,
Go, set a watchman;
Let him report what he sees.
Isa. 21
:7
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
21:8
And he calls out
like a lion:
On the watchtower, Lord,
I stand continually by day;
At my guardpost
I am stationed
Every night.
Isa. 21
:9
21:9
And now there come
Riding men,
A team of horsemen.
And one answers and says,
aFallen, fallen is Babylon!
And all the
bidols of her gods
Has He shattered to the ground.
Isa. 21
:10
21:10
My athreshed ones,
And the son of the threshing floor!
What I have heard
From Jehovah of hosts,
The God of Israel,
I have declared to you.
I.
Jehovah to have no judgment on Dumah
21:11-12
Isa. 21
:11
21:11
The burden concerning
1Dumah:
Someone is calling to me from Seir:
Guard, what
remains of the night?
Guard, what
remains of the night?
Isa. 21
:12
21:12
The guard says,
Morning is coming,
But so also is night;
If you will ask, ask;
Return, come.
J.
The judgment of Jehovah — to desolate Arabia by the harshness of battle because of its warlikeness
21:13-17
Isa. 21
:13
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
21:14
They bring water
To meet the thirsty;
The inhabitants of the land of Tema
Meet with bread those who flee;
Isa. 21
:15
21:15
For they flee from swords —
From the drawn sword,
From the bent bow,
And from the harshness of battle.
Isa. 21
:16
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
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.
