Isaiah 21

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The taking of Babylon

The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared. The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow. A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see. Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.
My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me. My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates. They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees: For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention. When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night: He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth. Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel. You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

Of the Edomites

The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night? The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again. The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”

Of the Arabs

The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites! The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.
Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight. They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war. For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.
For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end: For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it. and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
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