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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 BSB</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">BSB</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="/berean/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">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/isaiah/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> 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 class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: <p class="indent1stline"> Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, <p class="indent2"> an invader comes from the desert, <p class="indent2"> from a land of terror. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A dire vision is declared to me: <p class="indent2">“The traitor still betrays, <p class="indent2"> and the destroyer still destroys. <p class="indent1"> Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! <p class="indent2"> I will put an end to all her groaning.” <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore my body is filled with anguish. <p class="indent2"> Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. <p class="indent1"> I am bewildered to hear, <p class="indent2"> I am dismayed to see. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart falters; <p class="indent2"> fear makes me tremble. <p class="indent1"> The twilight I desired <p class="indent2"> has turned to horror. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, <p class="indent2"> they eat, they drink! <p class="indent1stline"> Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! <A name="7"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For this is what the Lord says to me: <p class="indent1stline">“Go, post a lookout <p class="indent2"> and have him report what he sees. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, <p class="indent2"> riders on donkeys, riders on camels, <p class="indent2"> he must be alert, fully alert.” <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the lookout<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> shouted: <p class="indent1stline">“Day after day, my lord, <p class="indent2"> I stand on the watchtower; <p class="indent1"> night after night <p class="indent2"> I stay at my post. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Look, here come the riders, <p class="indent2"> horsemen in pairs.” <p class="indent1stline"> And one answered, saying: <p class="indent1stline">“Fallen, fallen is Babylon!<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> All the images of her gods <p class="indent2"> lie shattered on the ground!” <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, <p class="indent2"> I tell you what I have heard <p class="indent1"> from the LORD of Hosts, <p class="indent2"> the God of Israel. <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 class="indent1stline"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This is the burden against Dumah:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent1stline"> One calls to me from Seir,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2">“Watchman, what is left of the night? <p class="indent2"> Watchman, what is left of the night?” <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The watchman replies, <p class="indent2">“Morning has come, but also the night. <p class="indent1"> If you would inquire, then inquire. <p class="indent2"> Come back yet again.” <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Burden against Arabia<p class="indent1stline"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the burden against Arabia: <p class="indent1stline"> In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, <p class="indent2"> O caravans of Dedanites. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Bring water for the thirsty, <p class="indent2"> O dwellers of Tema; <p class="indent2"> meet the refugees with food. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For they flee from the sword—<p class="indent2"> the sword that is drawn—<p class="indent1"> from the bow that is bent, <p class="indent2"> and from the stress of battle. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” <p class="reg"> For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> DSS and Syriac; MT <i>lion</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> See <a href="../revelation/14.htm#8">Revelation 14:8</a> and <a href="../revelation/18.htm#2">Revelation 18:2</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Dumah</i> is a wordplay on <i>Edom</i>, meaning <i>silence</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Seir</i> is another name for Edom.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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