Isaiah 21

1 ♥ 📝 T he burden^H4853 of the wilderness^H4057 of the sea.^H3220 As whirlwinds^H5492 in the South^H5045 sweep^H2498 through, it cometh^H935 from the wilderness,^H4057 from a terrible^H3372 land.^H776

2 ♥ 📝 A grievous^H7186 vision^H2380 is declared^H5046 unto me; the treacherous man^H898 dealeth treacherously,^H898 and the destroyer^H7703 destroyeth.^H7703 Go up,^H5927 O Elam;^H5867 besiege,^H6696 O Media;^H4074 all the sighing^H585 thereof have I made to cease.^H7673

3 ♥ 📝 Therefore are my loins^H4975 filled^H4390 with anguish;^H2479 pangs^H6735 have taken hold^H270 upon me, as the pangs^H6735 of a woman in travail:^H3205 I am pained^H5753 so that I cannot hear;^H8085 I am dismayed^H926 so that I cannot see.^H7200

4 ♥ 📝 My heart^H3824 fluttereth,^H8582 horror^H6427 hath affrighted^H1204 me; the twilight^H5399 that I desired^H2837 hath been turned^H7760 into trembling^H2731 unto me.

5 ♥ 📝 They prepare^H6186 the table,^H7979 they set^H6186 the watch,^H6822 they eat,^H398 they drink:^H8354 rise^H6965 up, ye princes,^H8269 anoint^H4886 the shield.^H4043

6 ♥ 📝 For thus hath the Lord^H136 said^H559 unto me, Go,^H3212 set^H5975 a watchman:^H6822 let him declare^H5046 what he seeth:^H7200

7 ♥ 📝 and when he seeth^H7200 a troop,^H7393 horsemen^H6571 in pairs,^H6776 a troop^H7393 of asses,^H2543 a troop^H7393 of camels,^H1581 he shall hearken^H7181 diligently^H7182 with much^H7227 heed.^H7182

8 ♥ 📝 And he cried^H7121 as a lion:^H738 O Lord,^H136 I stand^H5975 continually^H8548 upon the watch-tower^H4707 in the day-time,^H3119 and am set^H5324 in my ward^H4931 whole nights;^H3915

9 ♥ 📝 and, behold, here cometh^H935 a troop^H7393 of men,^H376 horsemen^H6571 in pairs.^H6776 And he answered^H6030 and said,^H559 Fallen,^H5307 fallen^H5307 is Babylon;^H894 and all the graven images^H6456 of her gods^H430 are broken^H7665 unto the ground.^H776

10 ♥ 📝 O thou my threshing,^H4098 and the grain^H1121 of my floor!^H1637 that which I have heard^H8085 from Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 have I declared^H5046 unto you.

11 ♥ 📝 The burden^H4853 of Dumah.^H1746 One calleth^H7121 unto me out of Seir,^H8165 Watchman,^H8104 what of the night?^H3915 Watchman,^H8104 what of the night?^H3915

12 ♥ 📝 The watchman^H8104 said,^H559 The morning^H1242 cometh,^H857 and also the night:^H3915 if ye will inquire,^H1158 inquire^H1158 ye: turn^H7725 ye, come.^H857

13 ♥ 📝 The burden^H4853 upon Arabia.^H6152 In the forest^H3293 in Arabia^H6152 shall ye lodge,^H3885 O ye caravans^H736 of Dedanites.^H1720

14 ♥ 📝 Unto him^H7125 that was thirsty^H6771 they brought^H857 water;^H4325 the inhabitants^H3427 of the land^H776 of Tema^H8485 did meet^H6923 the fugitives^H5074 with their bread.^H3899

15 ♥ 📝 For they fled^H5074 away from^H6440 the swords,^H2719 from^H6440 the drawn^H5203 sword,^H2719 and from^H6440 the bent^H1869 bow,^H7198 and from^H6440 the grievousness^H3514 of war.^H4421

16 ♥ 📝 For thus hath the Lord^H136 said^H559 unto me, Within a year,^H8141 according to the years^H8141 of a hireling,^H7916 all the glory^H3519 of Kedar^H6938 shall fail;^H3615

17 ♥ 📝 and the residue^H7605 of the number^H4557 of the archers,^H7198 the mighty men^H1368 of the children^H1121 of Kedar,^H6938 shall be few;^H4591 for Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 hath spoken^H1696 it.