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| Isaiah 21:1 | The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land. | 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. |
| Isaiah 21:2 | A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; besiege, Media; all the sighing of it have I made to cease. | 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. |
| Isaiah 21:3 | Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I can't hear; I am dismayed so that I can't see. | 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. |
| Isaiah 21:4 | My heart flutters, horror has frightened me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me. | My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me. |
| Isaiah 21:5 | They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, you princes, anoint the shield. | They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates. |
| Isaiah 21:6 | For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees: | For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees: |
| Isaiah 21:7 | and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with much heed. | And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention. |
| Isaiah 21:8 | He cried as a lion: Lord, I stand continually on the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights; | 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: |
| Isaiah 21:9 | and, 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. | 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. |
| Isaiah 21:10 | You my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you. | 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. |
| Isaiah 21:11 | The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? | The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night? |
| Isaiah 21:12 | The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: turn you, come. | 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. |
| Isaiah 21:13 | The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, you caravans of Dedanites. | The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites! |
| Isaiah 21:14 | To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread. | Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight. |
| Isaiah 21:15 | For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle. | For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war. |
| Isaiah 21:16 | For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail; | 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: |
| Isaiah 21:17 | and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it. | 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. |
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