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Isaiah 21

God Commands That Babylon Be Taken

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The  1 aoracle concerning the  2 bwilderness of the sea. As  cwindstorms in the  3Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

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A  aharsh vision has been shown to me; The  btreacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up,  cElam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all  1the groaning she has caused.

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For this reason my  aloins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a  bwoman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

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My  1mind reels,  2horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been  aturned for me into trembling.

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They  aset the table, they  1spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields,"

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For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him  areport what he sees.

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"When he sees  ariders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention."

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Then  1the lookout called, " aO Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

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"Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, " aFallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the  bimages of her gods  1are shattered on the ground."

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O my  athreshed people, and my  1afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

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The  1oracle concerning  2 aEdom. One keeps calling to me from  bSeir, "Watchman,  3how far gone is the night? Watchman,  3how far gone is the night?"

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The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."

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The  1oracle about  aArabia. In the thickets of Arabia you  2must spend the night, O caravans of  bDedanites.

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Bring water  1for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of  aTema, Meet the fugitive with bread.

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For they have  afled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle.

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For thus the Lord said to me, "In a  ayear, as  1a hired man would count it, all the splendor of  bKedar will terminate;

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and the  aremainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel  bhas spoken."



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