Isaiah 21

21The ^aburden of ^bthe desert of ^cthe sea.

As ^dwhirlwinds in the south pass through;

So ^eit cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

²A ^†grievous vision is declared unto me;

^fgThe treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and ^fthe spoiler spoileth.

Go up, ^hO Elam: besiege, ⁱO Media;

All the sighing thereof ^khave I made to cease.

³Therefore ^lare my loins filled with pain:

^mPangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth:

I was ⁿbowed down at the hearing of it;

I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

^4||My heart panted, ^ofearfulness affrighted me:

^pThe night of my ^qpleasure hath he ^†turned into fear unto me.

^5rPrepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink:

Arise, ye princes, and ^sanoint the shield.

⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me,

Go, set a watchman,

Let him declare what he seeth.

⁷And he saw ^ta chariot with ^ua couple of horsemen,

A chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels;

And he hearkened ^vdiligently with much ^vheed:

⁸And ^||he cried, A lion:

My lord, ^wI stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,

And ^wI am set in my ward ^||whole nights:

⁹And, behold, here cometh ^ta chariot of men, with ^ua couple of horsemen.

And he answered and said,

^xBabylon is fallen, is fallen;

And ^yall the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

¹⁰O my ^zthreshing, and the ^†corn of ^amy floor:

That which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,

Have I declared unto you.

¹¹The ^bburden of ^cDumah.

He calleth to me out of ^dSeir,

Watchman, what of the night?

Watchman, what of the night?

¹²The watchman said,

The morning cometh, and also the night:

If ye will inquire, inquire ye:

Return, ^ecome.

¹³The ^bburden upon ^cfArabia.

In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,

O ye ^gtravelling companies of ^hDedanim.

¹⁴The inhabitants of the land of ⁱTema ^||brought water to him that was thirsty,

They ^kprevented with their bread him that fled.

¹⁵For they fled ^||†from the swords,

From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow,

And from the grievousness of war.

¹⁶For thus hath the Lord said unto me,

Within a year, ^laccording to the years of an hireling,

And all the glory of ^mKedar shall fail:

¹⁷And the residue of the number of ^†archers,

The mighty men of the children of ^mKedar, shall be diminished:

ⁿFor the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.