Isaiah 21
The Oracle concerning
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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.
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A grievous vision is declared unto me;
The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler
spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Me'di-a: all the sighing thereof
have I made to cease.
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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.
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted
me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto
me.
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Prepare the table, watch in the
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the
shield.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go,
set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
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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:
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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:
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and, behold, here cometh a chariot of
men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen; Rev. 14.8 ; 18.2 and
all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the
ground.
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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.
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The Oracle concerning
Dumah |
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The burden of Dumah.
He calleth to
me out of Se'ir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the
night?
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The watchman said, The morning cometh,
and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return,
come.
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The Oracle concerning
Arabia |
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The burden upon Arabia.
In the
forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye traveling companies of
De'danim.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema
brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their
bread him that fled.
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For they fled from the swords, from the
drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of
war.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me,
Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the
glory of Kedar shall fail:
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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.
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