nsb - Isaiah:21

nsb@Isaiah:21:1 @ Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land.

nsb@Isaiah:21:2 @ I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering that Babylon has caused.

nsb@Isaiah:21:3 @ What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor.

nsb@Isaiah:21:4 @ My innermost being reels, horror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

nsb@Isaiah:21:5 @ They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; Rise up, captains, oil the shields,

nsb@Isaiah:21:6 @ For this is what Jehovah says to me: »Go, station the lookout, and let him report what he sees.

nsb@Isaiah:21:7 @ »When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, a train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention.«

nsb@Isaiah:21:8 @ The watchman called out from the tower: »Sir, I stand on the watchtower every day. Every night, I stand guard at my post.

nsb@Isaiah:21:9 @ »Look! Here come chariots and horsemen in pairs. Then he said: Babylon has fallen! She has fallen! All the idols they worship lie shattered on the ground.«

nsb@Isaiah:21:10 @ You, my people, have been threshed and winnowed. I make known to you what I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel.

nsb@Isaiah:21:11 @ This is the divine REVELATION ABOUT EDOM. He calls to me from Seir: »Watchman, what of the night? How much of the night is left? Watchman, what of the night?«

nsb@Isaiah:21:12 @ The watchman replies: »Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.«

nsb@Isaiah:21:13 @ You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

nsb@Isaiah:21:14 @ bring water for the thirsty. You who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.

nsb@Isaiah:21:15 @ They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.

nsb@Isaiah:21:16 @ This is what Jehovah 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.

nsb@Isaiah:21:17 @ »The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.« Jehovah, the God of Israel, has spoken!