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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Vision of the Fall of Babylon</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.1" class="v23_21_1">1</span>This is a message about Babylonia.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_1">Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land. </span><span class="v23_21_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.2" class="v23_21_2">2</span>I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_2">Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering which Babylon has caused.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.3" class="v23_21_3">3</span>What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain, pain like that of a woman in labor. </span><span class="v23_21_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.4" class="v23_21_4">4</span>My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.5" class="v23_21_5">5</span>In the vision a banquet is ready; rugs are spread for the guests to sit on. They are eating and drinking. Suddenly the command rings out: “Officers! Prepare your shields!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.6" class="v23_21_6">6</span>Then the Lord said to me, “Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees. </span><span class="v23_21_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.7" class="v23_21_7">7</span>If he sees riders coming on horseback, two by two, and riders on donkeys and camels, he is to observe them carefully.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.8" class="v23_21_8">8</span>The sentry calls out, “Sir, I have been standing guard at my post day and night.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.9" class="v23_21_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.21.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span>-</span></a> Suddenly, here they come! Riders on horseback, two by two. The sentry gives the news, “Babylon has fallen! All the idols they worshiped lie shattered on the ground.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.10" class="v23_21_10">10</span>My people Israel, you have been threshed like wheat, but now I have announced to you the good news that I have heard from the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty, the God of Israel.</span></p><h3 class="s">A Message about Edom</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.11" class="v23_21_11">11</span>This is a message about Edom.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_11">Someone calls to me from Edom, “Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.12" class="v23_21_12">12</span>I answer, “Morning is coming, but night will come again. If you want to ask again, come back and ask.”</span></p><h3 class="s">A Message about Arabia</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.13" class="v23_21_13">13</span>This is a message about Arabia.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_13">People of Dedan, you whose caravans camp in the barren country of Arabia, </span><span class="v23_21_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.14" class="v23_21_14">14</span>give water to the thirsty people who come to you. You people of the land of Tema, give food to the refugees. </span><span class="v23_21_15"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.15" class="v23_21_15">15</span>People are fleeing to escape from swords that are ready to kill them, from bows that are ready to shoot, from all the dangers of war.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_21_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.16" class="v23_21_16">16</span>Then the Lord said to me, “In exactly one year the greatness of the tribes of Kedar will be at an end. </span><span class="v23_21_17"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.21.17" class="v23_21_17">17</span>The archers are the bravest warriors of Kedar, but few of them will be left. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel, have spoken.”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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