The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 21

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1 The burden of the desert of the sea As whirlwinds in the south pass through so it cometh from the desert from a terrible land ⚑

2 A 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 ⚑

3 Therefore 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 ⚑

4 My heart panted fearfulness affrighted me the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me ⚑

5 Prepare the table watch in the watchtower eat drink arise ye princes and anoint the shield ⚑

6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me Go set a watchman let him declare what he seeth ⚑

7 And 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 ⚑

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

9 And 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 ⚑

10 O 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 ⚑

11 The burden of Dumah He calleth to me out of Seir Watchman what of the night Watchman what of the night ⚑

12 The watchman said The morning cometh and also the night if ye will enquire enquire ye return come ⚑

13 The burden upon Arabia In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge O ye travelling companies of Dedanim ⚑

14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty they prevented with their bread him that fled ⚑

15 For they fled from the swords from the drawn sword and from the bent bow and from the grievousness of war ⚑

16 For 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 ⚑

17 And 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain