1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Isaiah 21
1 The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people, seeth in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. 11 Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance. 13 The set time of Arabia's calamity.
21:1
The oracle 4853b concerning the wilderness 4057b of the sea 3220. As windstorms 5492a in the Negev 5045 sweep 2498 on, It comes 935 from the wilderness 4057b, from a terrifying 3372a land 776.
21:2
A harsh 7186 vision 2380 has been shown 5046 to me; The treacherous 898 one [still] deals 898 treacherously 898, and the destroyer 7703 [still] destroys 7703. Go 5927 up, Elam 5867a, lay 6696a siege 6696a, Media 4074; I have made 7673a an end 7673a of all 3605 the groaning 603 she has caused.
21:3
For this 3651 reason 5921 3651 my loins 4975 are full 4390 of anguish 2479; Pains 6735c have seized 270 me like the pains 6735c of a woman in labor 3205. I am so 4480 bewildered 5753a I cannot 4480 hear 8085, so 4480 terrified 926 I cannot 4480 see 7200.
21:4
My mind 3824 reels 8582, horror 6427 overwhelms 1204 me; The twilight 5399 I longed 2837 for has been turned 7760 for me into trembling 2731.
21:5
They set 6186a the table 7979, they spread 6823 out the cloth 6844, they eat 398, they drink 8354; “Rise 6965 up, captains 8269, oil 4886 the shields 4043,”
21:6
For thus 3541 the Lord 136 says 559 to me, “Go 1980, station 5975 the lookout 6822, let him report 5046 what 834 he sees 7200.
21:7
“When he sees 7200 riders 7393, horsemen 6571b in pairs 6776, A train 7393 of donkeys 2543, a train 7393 of camels 1581, Let him pay 7181 close 7182 attention 7181, very 7227a close 7182 attention 7182.”
21:8
Then the lookout 4707 called 7121, “O Lord 136, I stand 5975 continually 8548 by day 3119 on the watchtower 4707, And I am stationed 5324 every 3605 night 3915 at my guard 4931 post 4931.
21:9
“Now behold 2009, here 2088 comes 935 a troop 376 of riders 7393, horsemen 6571b in pairs 6776.” And one said 559, “Fallen 5307, fallen 5307 is Babylon 894; And all 3605 the images 6456 of her gods 430 are shattered 7665 on the ground 776.”
21:10
O my threshed 4098 [people], and my afflicted 1121 of the threshing 1637 floor 1637! What 834 I have heard 8085 from the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, The God 430 of Israel 3478, I make 5046 known 5046 to you.
21:11
¶ The oracle 4853b concerning Edom 112b. One keeps calling 7121 to me from Seir 8165, “Watchman 8104, how 4100 far gone 4480 is the night 3915? Watchman 8104, how 4100 far gone 4480 is the night 3915?”
21:12
The watchman 8104 says 559, “Morning 1242 comes 857 but also 1571 night 3915. If 518 you would inquire 1158, inquire 1158; Come 857 back 7725 again 7725.”
21:13
¶ The oracle 4853b about Arabia 6152b. In the thickets 3293a of Arabia 6152b you must spend 3885a the night 3885a, O caravans 736 of Dedanites 1720.
21:14
Bring 857 water 4325 for the thirsty 6771, O inhabitants 3427 of the land 776 of Tema 8485, Meet 6923 the fugitive 5074 with bread 3899.
21:15
For they have fled 5074 from the swords 2719, From the drawn 5203 sword 2719, and from the bent 1869 bow 7198 And from the press 3514 of battle 4421.
21:16
¶ For thus 3541 the Lord 136 said 559 to me, “In a year 8141, as a hired 7916 man 7916 would count 8141 it, all 3605 the splendor 3519b of Kedar 6938 will terminate 3615;
21:17
and the remainder 7605 of the number 4557 of bowmen 7198, the mighty 1368 men 1368 of the sons 1121 of Kedar 6938, will be few 4591; for the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 has spoken 1696.”
