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Isaiah
Chapter 21
1 The burden of the desert of the sea.
As
whirlwinds in the south pass through
so
it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
2
A grievous vision is declared unto me {Isaiah} . . .
the
treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
and
the spoiler spoils.
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 who is in child birth.
I was bowed down at the hearing of it.
I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
4
My heart/'right lobe' panted,
fearfulness
affrighted me.
The night of my pleasure has he turned into fear unto me.
5
Prepare the table,
watch
in the watchtower, eat, drink.
Arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
6``For
thus has the Lord/'Adonay said unto me,
"Go,
set a watchman, let him declare what he sees. 7
And
he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen,
a
chariot of asses,
and
a chariot of camels."
And
he 'heard, listened and obeyed' {shama`} diligently
with
much heed.
8``
And he cried,
"A
lion.
My
Lord/'Adonay,
I
stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,
and
I am set in my ward whole nights.
9
And, behold, here comes 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/'elohiym
he
has broken unto the ground. 10
O
my threshing, and the corn of my floor . . .
that
which I have heard
of
Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
the
'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
have
I declared unto you."
11 The burden of Dumah.
He
called to me out of Seir,
Watchman,
what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?
12
The watchman said,
"The
morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire you.
Return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia.
In
the forest in Arabia shall you lodge,
O
you traveling companies of Dedanim.
14
The inhabitants of the land of Tema
brought
water to him who 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 has the Lord/'Adonay 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
Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel
has
spoken it.
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