English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 21, verse 25 in Esv Version

Isaiah 21 : 1 (ESV)

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.

Isaiah 21 : 2 (ESV)

A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.

Isaiah 21 : 3 (ESV)

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

Isaiah 21 : 4 (ESV)

My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

Isaiah 21 : 5 (ESV)

They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!

Isaiah 21 : 6 (ESV)

For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.

Isaiah 21 : 7 (ESV)

When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."

Isaiah 21 : 8 (ESV)

Then he who saw cried out: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.

Isaiah 21 : 9 (ESV)

And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground."

Isaiah 21 : 10 (ESV)

O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.

Isaiah 21 : 11 (ESV)

The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?"

Isaiah 21 : 12 (ESV)

The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."

Isaiah 21 : 13 (ESV)

The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

Isaiah 21 : 14 (ESV)

To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.

Isaiah 21 : 15 (ESV)

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

Isaiah 21 : 16 (ESV)

For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

Isaiah 21 : 17 (ESV)

And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."