Isaiah 21 : 1 (NCV)
This is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Disaster is coming from the desert like wind blowing in the south. It is coming from a terrible country.
Isaiah 21 : 2 (NCV)
I have seen a terrible vision. I see traitors turning against you and people taking your wealth. Elam, attack the people! Media, surround the city and attack it! I will bring an end to the pain the city causes.
Isaiah 21 : 3 (NCV)
I saw those terrible things, and now I am in pain; my pains are like the pains of giving birth. What I hear makes me very afraid; what I see causes me to shake with fear.
Isaiah 21 : 4 (NCV)
I am worried, and I am shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.
Isaiah 21 : 5 (NCV)
They set the table; they spread the rugs; they eat and drink. Leaders, stand up. Prepare the shields for battle!
Isaiah 21 : 6 (NCV)
The Lord said to me, "Go, place a lookout for the city and have him report what he sees.
Isaiah 21 : 7 (NCV)
If he sees chariots and teams of horses, donkeys, or camels, he should pay very close attention."
Isaiah 21 : 8 (NCV)
Then the lookout called out, "My master, each day I stand in the watchtower watching; every night I have been on guard.
Isaiah 21 : 9 (NCV)
Look, I see a man coming in a chariot with a team of horses." The man gives back the answer, "Babylon has fallen. It has fallen! All the statues of her gods lie broken on the ground."
Isaiah 21 : 10 (NCV)
My people are crushed like grain on the threshing floor. My people, I tell you what I have heard from the Lord All-Powerful, from the God of Israel.
Isaiah 21 : 11 (NCV)
This is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Edom, "Watchman, how much of the night is left? Watchman, how much longer will it be night?"
Isaiah 21 : 12 (NCV)
The watchman answers, "Morning is coming, but then night will come again. If you have something to ask, then come back and ask."
Isaiah 21 : 13 (NCV)
This is a message about Arabia: spent the night near some trees in Arabia.
Isaiah 21 : 14 (NCV)
They gave water to thirsty travelers; the people of Tema gave food to those who were escaping.
Isaiah 21 : 15 (NCV)
They were running from swords, from swords ready to kill, from bows ready to shoot, from a hard battle.
Isaiah 21 : 16 (NCV)
This is what the Lord said to me: "In one year all the glory of the country of Kedar will be gone. (This is a year as a hired helper counts time.)
Isaiah 21 : 17 (NCV)
At that time only a few of the archers, the soldiers of Kedar, will be left alive." The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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