English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 21, verse 1 in Net Version

Isaiah 21 : 1 (NET)

Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.

Isaiah 21 : 2 (NET)

I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"

Isaiah 21 : 3 (NET)

For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

Isaiah 21 : 4 (NET)

My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

Isaiah 21 : 5 (NET)

Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!

Isaiah 21 : 6 (NET)

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

Isaiah 21 : 7 (NET)

When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert."

Isaiah 21 : 8 (NET)

Then the guard cries out: "On the watchtower, O sovereign master, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.

Isaiah 21 : 9 (NET)

Look what's coming! A charioteer, a team of horses." When questioned, he replies, "Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!"

Isaiah 21 : 10 (NET)

O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

Isaiah 21 : 11 (NET)

Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"

Isaiah 21 : 12 (NET)

The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again."

Isaiah 21 : 13 (NET)

Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.

Isaiah 21 : 14 (NET)

Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

Isaiah 21 : 15 (NET)

For they flee from the swords� from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

Isaiah 21 : 16 (NET)

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

Isaiah 21 : 17 (NET)

Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left." Indeed, the LORD God of Israel has spoken.