{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":21,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/20","next":"isaiah/22","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[This is] the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, [an invader] comes from the desert, from a land of terror.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[This is] the burden against the Desert by the Sea:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[an invader] comes from the desert,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from a land of terror."}],"h":"Babylon Is Fallen","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"A dire vision is declared to me:“ The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A dire vision is declared to me:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ The traitor still betrays,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the destroyer still destroys."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will put an end to all her groaning.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore my body is filled with anguish."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I am bewildered to hear,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am dismayed to see."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My heart falters;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"fear makes me tremble."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The twilight I desired"},{"style":"indent2","t":"has turned to horror."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they eat, they drink!"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For this [is what] the Lord says to me:“ Go, post a lookout [and] have him report what he sees.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent2","t":"For this [is what] the Lord says to me:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Go, post a lookout"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] have him report what he sees."}],"style":"indent2"},{"v":7,"t":"When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"riders on donkeys, riders on camels,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he must be alert, fully alert.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Then the lookout shouted:“ Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.","f":["DSS and Syriac; MT lion"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then the lookout shouted:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Day after day, my lord,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I stand on the watchtower;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"night after night"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I stay at my post."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying:“ Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”","f":["See Revelation 14:8 and Revelation 18:2."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Look, here come the riders,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"horsemen in pairs.”"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"And one answered, saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Fallen, fallen is Babylon!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"All the images of her gods"},{"style":"indent2","t":"lie shattered on the ground!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I tell you what I have heard"},{"style":"indent1","t":"from the LORD of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the God of Israel."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"[This is] the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir,“ Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”","f":["Dumah is a wordplay on Edom, meaning silence.","Seir is another name for Edom."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[This is] the burden against Dumah:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"One calls to me from Seir,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Watchman, what is left of the night?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Watchman, what is left of the night?”"}],"h":"The Burden against Edom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"The watchman replies,“ Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The watchman replies,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Morning has come, but also the night."},{"style":"indent1","t":"If you would inquire, then inquire."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Come back yet again.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"[This is] the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[This is] the burden against Arabia:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O caravans of Dedanites."}],"h":"The Burden against Arabia","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Bring water for the thirsty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O dwellers of Tema;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"meet the refugees with food."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"For they flee from the sword — the sword that is drawn — from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For they flee from the sword —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the sword that is drawn —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"from the bow that is bent,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and from the stress of battle."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"For this [is what] the Lord says to me:“ Within one year, as a hired worker would count [it], all the glory of Kedar will be gone.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."}],"style":"reg"}]}