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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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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><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="../">CPDV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/21-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Babylon Is Fallen<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../revelation/18.htm">Revelation 18:1–8</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on an donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And a lion cried out: “I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”<p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Burden against Edom<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/34.htm#5">Isaiah 34:5–17</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Burden against Arabia<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You who inhabit the land of the south: upon meeting the thirsty, bring water; meet the fugitive with bread.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>