Isa.21.1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isa.21.1
A Message concerning the desert at the sea: As tempests drive through the Negev Desert, coming out of the desert, that terror-filled place,
Isa.21.1
An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
Isa.21.1
The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isa.21.1
This message came to me concerning the land of Babylonia: Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert, like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.
Isa.21.2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isa.21.2
A hard vision is given me: The betrayer betrayed, the plunderer plundered. Attack, Elam! Lay siege, Media! Persians, attack! Attack, Babylon! I'll put an end to all the moaning and groaning.
Isa.21.2
A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
Isa.21.2
A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease.
Isa.21.2
I see an awesome vision: I see you plundered and destroyed. Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes, take part in the siege. Babylon will fall, and the groaning of all the nations she enslaved will end.
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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Isa.21.3
Because of this news I'm doubled up in pain, writhing in pain like a woman having a baby, Baffled by what I hear, undone by what I see.
Isa.21.3
At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
Isa.21.3
Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it.
Isa.21.3
My stomach aches and burns with pain. Sharp pangs of horror are upon me, like the pangs of a woman giving birth. I grow faint when I hear what God is planning; I am blinded with dismay.
Isa.21.4
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Isa.21.4
Absolutely stunned, horror-stricken, I had hoped for a relaxed evening, but it has turned into a nightmare.
Isa.21.4
My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
Isa.21.4
My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
Isa.21.4
My mind reels; my heart races. The sleep I once enjoyed at night is now a faint memory. I lie awake, trembling.
Isa.21.5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Isa.21.5
The banquet is spread, the guests reclining in luxurious ease, Eating and drinking, having a good time, and then, "To arms, princes! The fight is on!"
Isa.21.5
They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!
Isa.21.5
Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield!
Isa.21.5
Look! They are preparing a great feast. They are spreading rugs for people to sit on. Everyone is eating and drinking. Quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle! You are being attacked!
Isa.21.6
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Isa.21.6
The Master told me, "Go, post a lookout. Have him report whatever he spots.
Isa.21.6
This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
Isa.21.6
For thus has the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees."
Isa.21.6
Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, "Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out what he sees.
Isa.21.7
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Isa.21.7
When he sees horses and wagons in battle formation, lines of donkeys and columns of camels, Tell him to keep his ear to the ground, note every whisper, every rumor."
Isa.21.7
When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."
Isa.21.7
And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels, And he listened earnestly with great care.
Isa.21.7
Tell him to sound the alert when he sees chariots drawn by horses and warriors mounted on donkeys and camels."
Isa.21.8
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Isa.21.8
Just then, the lookout shouted, "I'm at my post, Master, Sticking to my post day after day and all through the night!
Isa.21.8
And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
Isa.21.8
Then he cried, "A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night.
Isa.21.8
Then the watchman called out, "Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post.
Isa.21.9
And, behold, here cometh 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 he hath broken unto the ground.
Isa.21.9
I watched them come, the horses and wagons in battle formation. I heard them call out the war news in headlines: "Babylon fallen! Fallen! And all its precious god-idols smashed to pieces on the ground.'"
Isa.21.9
Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!'"
Isa.21.9
And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!" Then he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground."
Isa.21.9
Now at last--look! Here come the chariots and warriors!" Then the watchman said, "Babylon is fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!"
Isa.21.10
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Isa.21.10
Dear Israel, you've been through a lot, you've been put through the mill. The good news I get from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, I now pass on to you. [JC]
Isa.21.10
O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel.
Isa.21.10
Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Isa.21.10
O my people, threshed and winnowed, I have told you everything the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, has said.
Isa.21.11
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Isa.21.11
A Message concerning Edom: A voice calls to me from the Seir mountains in Edom, "Night watchman! How long till daybreak? How long will this night last?"
Isa.21.11
An oracle concerning Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"
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The burden against Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"
Isa.21.11
This message came to me concerning Edom: Someone from Edom keeps calling to me, "Watchman, how much longer until morning? When will the night be over?"
Isa.21.12
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Isa.21.12
The night watchman calls back, "Morning's coming, But for now it's still night. If you ask me again, I'll give the same answer." [JC]
Isa.21.12
The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again."
Isa.21.12
The watchman said, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; Return! Come back!"
Isa.21.12
The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but night will soon follow. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask."
Isa.21.13
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Isa.21.13
A Message concerning Arabia: You'll have to camp out in the desert badlands, you caravans of Dedanites.
Isa.21.13
An oracle concerning Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
Isa.21.13
The burden against Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanites.
Isa.21.13
This message came to me concerning Arabia: O caravans from Dedan, hide in the deserts of Arabia.
Isa.21.14
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
Isa.21.14
Haul water to the thirsty, greet fugitives with bread. Show your desert hospitality, you who live in Tema.
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bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.
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O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Bring water to him who is thirsty; With their bread they met him who fled.
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O people of Tema, bring food and water to these weary refugees.
Isa.21.15
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Isa.21.15
The desert's swarming with refugees escaping the horrors of war.
Isa.21.15
They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.
Isa.21.15
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.
Isa.21.15
They have fled from drawn swords and sharp arrows and the terrors of war.
Isa.21.16
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Isa.21.16
The Master told me, "Hang on. Within one year--I'll sign a contract on it!-the arrogant brutality of Kedar, those hooligans of the desert, will be over,
Isa.21.16
This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.
Isa.21.16
For thus the LORD has said to me: "Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of Kedar will fail;
Isa.21.16
"But within a year," says the Lord, "all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
Isa.21.17
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
Isa.21.17
nothing much left of the Kedar toughs." The GOD of Israel says so.
Isa.21.17
The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
Isa.21.17
and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it."
Isa.21.17
Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!"
