Isaiah Chapter 21 (NIV)
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A Prophecy Against BabylonAn oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea:Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,an invader comes from the desert,from a land of terror.
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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.
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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.
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My heart falters,fear makes me tremble;the twilight I longed forhas become a horror to me.
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They set the tables,they spread the rugs,they eat, they drink!Get up, you officers,oil the shields!
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This is what the Lord says to me:“Go, post a lookoutand have him report what he sees.
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When he sees chariotswith teams of horses,riders on donkeysor riders on camels,let him be alert,fully alert.”
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And the lookout shouted,“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;every night I stay at my post.
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Look, here comes a man in a chariotwith a team of horses.And he gives back the answer:‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen!All the images of its godslie shattered on the ground!’”
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O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,I tell you what I have heardfrom the Lord Almighty,from the God of Israel.
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A Prophecy Against EdomAn 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 watchman replies,“Morning is coming, but also the night.If you would ask, then ask;and come back yet again.”
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A Prophecy Against ArabiaAn oracle concerning Arabia:You caravans of Dedanites,who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
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bring water for the thirsty;you who live in Tema,bring food for the fugitives.
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They flee from the sword,from the drawn sword,from the bent bowand from the heat of battle.
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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.
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The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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