English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 21, verse 9 in Hcsb Version

Isaiah 21 : 1 (HCSB)

An oracle against the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

Isaiah 21 : 2 (HCSB)

A troubling vision is declared to me: "The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all her groaning."

Isaiah 21 : 3 (HCSB)

Therefore I am filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.

Isaiah 21 : 4 (HCSB)

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

Isaiah 21 : 5 (HCSB)

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

Isaiah 21 : 6 (HCSB)

For the Lord has said to me, "Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.

Isaiah 21 : 7 (HCSB)

When he sees riders-- pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels-- pay close attention."

Isaiah 21 : 8 (HCSB)

Then the lookout reported, "Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night.

Isaiah 21 : 9 (HCSB)

Look, riders come-- horsemen in pairs." And he answered, saying, "Babylon has fallen, has fallen. All the idols of her gods have been shattered on the ground."

Isaiah 21 : 10 (HCSB)

My downtrodden and threshed people, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 21 : 11 (HCSB)

An oracle against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is *left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"

Isaiah 21 : 12 (HCSB)

The watchman said, "Morning has come, and also night. If you want to ask, ask! Come back again."

Isaiah 21 : 13 (HCSB)

An oracle against Arabia: You will camp for the night in the scrublands of the desert, you caravans of Dedanites.

Isaiah 21 : 14 (HCSB)

Bring water for the thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema meet the refugees with food.

Isaiah 21 : 15 (HCSB)

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

Isaiah 21 : 16 (HCSB)

For the Lord said this to me: "Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

Isaiah 21 : 17 (HCSB)

The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number." For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.