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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 21 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Isaiah 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/20.htm" title="Isaiah 20">◄</a> Isaiah 21 <a href="../isaiah/22.htm" title="Isaiah 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/isaiah/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,</span><br /><span class="indent">it comes from the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="indent">from a terrible land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A stern vision is told to me;</span><br /><span class="indent">the traitor betrays,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the destroyer destroys.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Go up, O Elam;</span><br /><span class="indent">lay siege, O Media;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">all the sighing she has caused</span><br /><span class="indent">I bring to an end.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;</span><br /><span class="indent">pangs have seized me,</span><br /><span class="indent">like the pangs of a woman in labor;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am dismayed so that I cannot see.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;</span><br /><span class="indent">the twilight I longed for</span><br /><span class="indent">has been turned for me into trembling.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They prepare the table,</span><br /><span class="indent">they spread the rugs,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or they set the watchman">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">they eat, they drink.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Arise, O princes;</span><br /><span class="indent">oil the shield!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For thus the Lord said to me:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Go, set a watchman;</span><br /><span class="indent">let him announce what he sees.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,</span><br /><span class="indent">riders on donkeys, riders on camels,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">let him listen diligently,</span><br /><span class="indent">very diligently.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then he who saw cried out:<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent">continually by day,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and at my post I am stationed</span><br /><span class="indent">whole nights.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And behold, here come riders,</span><br /><span class="indent">horsemen in pairs!”</span><br /><span class="ln-group">And he answered,</span><br /><span class="indent">“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and all the carved images of her gods</span><br /><span class="indent">he has shattered to the ground.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O my threshed and winnowed one,</span><br /><span class="indent">what I have heard from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</span><br /><span class="indent">the God of Israel, I announce to you.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The oracle concerning Dumah.</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">One is calling to me from Seir,</span><br /><span class="indent">“Watchman, what time of the night?</span><br /><span class="indent">Watchman, what time of the night?”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The watchman says:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Morning comes, and also the night.</span><br /><span class="indent">If you will inquire, inquire;</span><br /><span class="indent">come back again.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The oracle concerning Arabia.</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge,</span><br /><span class="indent">O caravans of Dedanites.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">To the thirsty bring water;</span><br /><span class="indent">meet the fugitive with bread,</span><br /><span class="indent">O inhabitants of the land of Tema.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For they have fled from the swords,</span><br /><span class="indent">from the drawn sword,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">from the bent bow,</span><br /><span class="indent">and from the press of battle.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, has spoken.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">they</span> set the watchman</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; 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