Isaiah 21
21
Isaiah 21
Oracles concerning Babylon, Edom, and Arabia
1 #
Isa 13.1; Jer 51.42; Zech 9.14 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the desert,
from a terrible land.
2 #
Isa 13.17; 33.1; Jer 49.34 A stern vision is told to me;
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
3 #
Isa 13.8; 15.5; 16.11 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
pangs have seized me
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 #
Deut 28.67
My mind reels; horror has appalled me;
the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
5 #
Jer 51.39, 57; Dan 5.1–4 They prepare the table;
they spread the rugs;
they eat; they drink.
Rise up, commanders;
oil the shield!
6For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, post a lookout;
let him announce what he sees.
7 #
v 9
When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him watch closely,
very closely.”
8 #
Hab 2.1
Then the watcher#21.8 Q ms Syr Vg: MT a lion called out:
“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
throughout the night.
9 #
Isa 46.1; Jer 50.2; 51.8, 44; Rev 14.8; 18.2 Look, there they come, riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
Then he responded,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon,
and all the images of her gods
lie shattered on the ground.”
10 #
Jer 51.33
O my threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
11 #
Gen 25.14; 32.3 The oracle concerning Dumah.
One is calling to me from Seir,
“Sentinel, what of the night?
Sentinel, what of the night?”
12The sentinel says:
“Morning comes and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
come back again.”
13 #
1 Chr 1.9, 32; Isa 13.1; Jer 49.28 The oracle concerning the desert plain.
In the scrub of the desert plain you will lodge,
O caravans of Dedanites.
14 #
Gen 25.15; Job 6.19 Bring water to the thirsty,
O inhabitants of the land of Tema;
meet the fugitive with bread.
15 #
Isa 13.14, 15; 17.13 For they have fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the stress of battle.
16 #
Ps 120.5; Isa 16.14; 17.4; 60.7 For thus the Lord said to me: “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end, 17#Num 23.19; Isa 10.19; Zech 1.6and the remaining bows of Kedar’s warriors will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”
Currently Selected:
Isaiah 21: NRSVUE
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, copyright © 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.