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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 NLT</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="../">NLT</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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/isaiah/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">A Message about Babylon</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,</p><p class="line2">like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I see a terrifying vision:</p><p class="line2">I see the betrayer betraying,</p><p class="line2">the destroyer destroying.</p><p class="line1">Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,</p><p class="line2">attack and lay siege.</p><p class="line1">I will make an end</p><p class="line2">to all the groaning Babylon caused.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My stomach aches and burns with pain.</p><p class="line2">Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,</p><p class="line2">like those of a woman in labor.</p><p class="line1">I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;</p><p class="line2">I am too afraid to look.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My mind reels and my heart races.</p><p class="line2">I longed for evening to come,</p><p class="line2">but now I am terrified of the dark.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Look! They are preparing a great feast.</p><p class="line2">They are spreading rugs for people to sit on.</p><p class="line2">Everyone is eating and drinking.</p><p class="line1">But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle.</p><p class="line2">You are being attacked!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,</p><p class="line1">“Put a watchman on the city wall.</p><p class="line2">Let him shout out what he sees.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He should look for chariots</p><p class="line2">drawn by pairs of horses,</p><p class="line1">and for riders on donkeys and camels.</p><p class="line2">Let the watchman be fully alert.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the watchman<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> called out,</p><p class="line1">“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.</p><p class="line2">Night after night I have remained at my post.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now at last—look!</p><p class="line1">Here comes a man in a chariot</p><p class="line2">with a pair of horses!”</p><p class="line1">Then the watchman said,</p><p class="line2">“Babylon is fallen, fallen!</p><p class="line1">All the idols of Babylon</p><p class="line2">lie broken on the ground!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>O my people, threshed and winnowed,</p><p class="line2">I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,</p><p class="line2">everything the God of Israel has told me.</p><p class="hdg">A Message about Edom</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This message came to me concerning Edom<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Someone from Edom<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> keeps calling to me,</p><p class="line1">“Watchman, how much longer until morning?</p><p class="line2">When will the night be over?”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The watchman replies,</p><p class="line1">“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.</p><p class="line2">If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”</p><p class="hdg">A Message about Arabia</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This message came to me concerning Arabia:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">O caravans from Dedan,</p><p class="line2">hide in the deserts of Arabia.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>O people of Tema,</p><p class="line2">bring water to these thirsty people,</p><p class="line2">food to these weary refugees.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They have fled from the sword,</p><p class="line2">from the drawn sword,</p><p class="line1">from the bent bow</p><p class="line2">and the terrors of battle.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> 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>Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">21:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">concerning the desert by the sea.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">21:8 </span><span class="ft">As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">a lion.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">21:11a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Dumah,</span><span class="ft"> which means “silence” or “stillness.” It is a wordplay on the word </span><span class="it">Edom.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">21:11b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Seir,</span><span class="ft"> another name for Edom.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">21:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Within a year, as a servant bound by contract would count it.</span><span class="ft"> Some ancient manuscripts read </span><span class="it">Within three years,</span><span class="ft"> as in 16:14.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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