Isaiah:21-25

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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 . * A grievous vision is declared unto me ; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously , and the spoiler spoileth . Go up , O Elam : besiege , O Media ; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease . * 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 . * My heart panted , fearfulness affrighted me : the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me . * Prepare the table , watch in the watchtower , eat , drink : arise , ye princes , and anoint the shield . * For thus hath the Lord said unto me , Go , set a watchman , let him declare what he seeth . * 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 : * 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 : * And , behold , here cometh a chariot of men , with a couple of horsemen . And he answered and said , Babylon is fallen , is fallen ; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground . * O my threshing , and the corn of my floor : that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel Yisra #el #, have I declared unto you . * The burden of Dumah . He calleth to me out of Seir Se #iyr #, Watchman , what of the night ? Watchman , what of the night ? * The watchman said , The morning cometh , and also the night : if ye will enquire , enquire ye : return , come . * The burden upon Arabia Arab #. In the forest in Arabia Arab # shall ye lodge , O ye travelling companies of Dedanim . * The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty , they prevented with their bread him that fled . * For they fled from the swords , from the drawn sword , and from the bent bow , and from the grievousness of war . * For thus hath the Lord said unto me , Within a year , according to the years of an hireling , and all the glory of Kedar shall fail : * 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 . * The burden of the valley of vision . What aileth thee now , that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops ? * Thou that art full of stirs t @shu #ah #, a tumultuous city , a joyous city : thy slain men are not slain with the sword , nor dead in battle . * All thy rulers are fled together , they are bound by the archers : all that are found in thee are bound together , which have fled from far . * Therefore said I , Look away from me ; I will weep bitterly , labour not to comfort me , because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people . * For it is a day of trouble , and of treading down , and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision , breaking down the walls , and of crying to the mountains . * And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen , and Kir uncovered the shield . * And it shall come to pass , that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots , and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate sha #ar #. * And he discovered the covering of Judah , and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest ya #ar #. * Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David , that they are many : and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool . * And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem , and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall . * Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool : but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof , neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago . * And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping , and to mourning , and to baldness , and to girding with sackcloth : * And behold joy and gladness , slaying oxen , and killing sheep tso #n #, eating flesh , and drinking wine : let us eat and drink ; for to morrow we shall die . * And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts , Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die , saith the Lord GOD of hosts . * Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts , Go , get thee unto this treasurer , even unto Shebna , which is over the house , and say , * What hast thou here ? and whom hast thou here , that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here , as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high , and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock ? * Behold , the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity , and will surely cover thee . * He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large rachab # country : there shalt thou die , and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lords house . * And I will drive H thee from thy station , and from thy state shall he pull thee down . * And it shall come to pass in that day , that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah : * And I will clothe him with thy robe , and strengthen him with thy girdle , and I will commit thy government into his hand : and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem , and to the house of Judah . * And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open , and none shall shut ; and he shall shut , and none shall open . * And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place ; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his fathers house . * And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his fathers house , the offspring and the issue ts @phi #ah #, all vessels of small quantity , from the vessels of cups , even to all the vessels of flagons . * In that day , saith the LORD of hosts , shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed , and be cut down , and fall ; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off : for the LORD hath spoken it . * The burden of Tyre . Howl , ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste , so that there is no house , no entering in : from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them . * Be still , ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou whom the merchants of Zidon , that pass over the sea , have replenished . * And by great waters the seed of Sihor , the harvest of the river y @#or #, is her revenue t @buw #ah #; and she is a mart of nations . * Be thou ashamed , O Zidon : for the sea hath spoken , even the strength of the sea , saying , I travail not , nor bring forth children , neither do I nourish up young men , nor bring up virgins . * As at the report concerning Egypt , so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre . * Pass ye over to Tarshish ; howl , ye inhabitants of the isle . * Is this your joyous city , whose antiquity is of ancient days ? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn . * Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre , the crowning city , whose merchants are princes , whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ? * The LORD of hosts hath purposed it , to stain the pride of all glory , and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth . * Pass through thy land as a river y @#or #, O daughter of Tarshish : there is no more strength . * He stretched out his hand over the sea , he shook the kingdoms : the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city , to destroy the strong holds thereof . * And he said , Thou shalt no more rejoice , O thou oppressed virgin , daughter of Zidon : arise , pass over to Chittim ; there also shalt thou have no rest . * Behold the land of the Chaldeans ; this people was not , till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness : they set up the towers thereof , they raised up the palaces thereof ; and he brought it to ruin . * Howl , ye ships of Tarshish : for your strength is laid waste . * And it shall come to pass in that day , that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years , according to the days of one king : after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot . * Take an harp , go about the city , thou harlot that hast been forgotten ; make sweet melody , sing many songs , that thou mayest be remembered . * And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years , that the LORD will visit Tyre , and she shall turn to her hire , and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth . * And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD : it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD , to eat sufficiently sob #ah #, and for durable clothing . * Behold , the LORD maketh the earth empty , and maketh it waste , and turneth it upside down , and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof . * And it shall be , as with the people , so with the priest ; as with the servant , so with his master ; as with the maid , so with her mistress ; as with the buyer , so with the seller ; as with the lender , so with the borrower ; as with the taker of usury , so with the giver of usury to him . * The land shall be utterly emptied , and utterly spoiled : for the LORD hath spoken this word . * The earth mourneth and fadeth away , the world languisheth and fadeth away , the haughty people of the earth do languish . * The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof ; because they have transgressed the laws , changed the ordinance , broken the everlasting covenant . * Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth , and they that dwell therein are desolate : therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned , and few men left . * The new wine mourneth , the vine languisheth , all the merryhearted sameach # do sigh . * The mirth of tabrets ceaseth , the noise of them that rejoice endeth , the joy of the harp ceaseth . * They shall not drink wine with a song ; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it . * The city of confusion is broken down : every house is shut up , that no man may come in . * There is a crying for wine in the streets ; all joy is darkened , the mirth of the land is gone . * In the city is left desolation , and the gate is smitten with destruction sh @#iyah #. * When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people , there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree , and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done . * They shall lift up their voice , they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD , they shall cry aloud from the sea . * Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires , even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea . * From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs , even glory to the righteous . But I said , My leanness , my leanness , woe unto me ! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously ; yea , the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously . * Fear , and the pit , and the snare , are upon thee , O inhabitant of the earth . * And it shall come to pass , that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare : for the windows from on high are open , and the foundations of the earth do shake . * The earth is utterly broken down , the earth is clean dissolved , the earth is moved exceedingly . * The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard , and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall , and not rise again . * And it shall come to pass in that day , that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high , and the kings of the earth upon the earth . * And they shall be gathered together , as prisoners are gathered in the pit , and shall be shut up in the prison , and after many days shall they be visited . * Then the moon shall be confounded , and the sun ashamed , when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion , and in Jerusalem , and before his ancients gloriously . * O LORD , thou art my God ; I will exalt thee , I will praise thy name ; for thou hast done wonderful things ; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth . * For thou hast made of a city an heap ; of a defenced city a ruin : a palace of strangers to be no city ; it shall never be built . * Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee , the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee . * For thou hast been a strength to the poor , a strength to the needy in his distress , a refuge from the storm , a shadow from the heat , when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall . * Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers , as the heat in a dry place ; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud : the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low . * And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things , a feast of wines on the lees , of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined . * And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people , and the vail that is spread over all nations . * He will swallow up death in victory ; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth : for the LORD hath spoken it . * And it shall be said in that day , Lo , this is our God ; we have waited for him , and he will save us : this is the LORD ; we have waited for him , we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation y @shuw #ah #. * For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest , and Moab shall be trodden down under him , even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill b @mow # . * And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them , as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim : and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands . * And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down , lay low , and bring to the ground , even to the dust . * In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks .

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