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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 21 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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 American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29021" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29021" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Fall of Babylon<a id="rfn29021000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021000-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29021001" class="ver">1</span>Oracle on the wastelands by the sea:<a id="rfn29021001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negeb,</p> <p class="sl1">it comes from the desert,</p> <p class="sl1">from the fearful land.<a id="ren29021001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021002" class="ver">2</span>A harsh vision has been announced to me:</p> <p class="sl1">“The traitor betrays,</p> <p class="sl1">the despoiler spoils.<a id="ren29021002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl">Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media;<a id="rfn29021002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021002-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">put an end to all its groaning!”<a id="ren29021002-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021002-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021003" class="ver">3</span>Therefore my loins are filled with anguish,</p> <p class="sl1">pangs have seized me like those of a woman in labor;</p> <p class="sl">I am too bewildered to hear,</p> <p class="sl1">too dismayed to look.<a id="ren29021003-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021003-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021004" class="ver">4</span>My mind reels,</p> <p class="sl1">shuddering assails me;</p> <p class="sl">The twilight I yearned for</p> <p class="sl1">he has turned into dread.<a id="ren29021004-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021004-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021005" class="ver">5</span>They set the table,</p> <p class="sl1">spread out the rugs;</p> <p class="sl1">they eat, they drink.<a id="rfn29021005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021005-1">*</a> <a id="ren29021005-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021005-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl">Rise up, O princes,</p> <p class="sl1">oil the shield!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021006" class="ver">6</span>For thus my Lord said to me:</p> <p class="sl1">Go, station a watchman,</p> <p class="sl1">let him tell what he sees.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021007" class="ver">7</span>If he sees a chariot,</p> <p class="sl1">a pair of horses,</p> <p class="sl">Someone riding a donkey,</p> <p class="sl1">someone riding a camel,</p> <p class="sl">Then let him pay heed,</p> <p class="sl1">very close heed.</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29021008" class="ver">8</span>Then the watchman cried,</p> <p class="sl">“On the watchtower, my Lord,</p> <p class="sl1">I stand constantly by day;</p> <p class="sl">And I stay at my post</p> <p class="sl1">through all the watches of the night.<a id="ren29021008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021008-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021009" class="ver">9</span>Here he comes—</p> <p class="sl1">a single chariot,</p> <p class="sl1">a pair of horses—</p> <p class="sl">He calls out and says,</p> <p class="sl1">‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon!</p> <p class="sl">All the images of her gods</p> <p class="sl1">are smashed to the ground!’ ”<a id="ren29021009-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021009-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021010" class="ver">10</span>To you, who have been threshed,</p> <p class="sl1">beaten on my threshing floor,</p> <p class="sl">What I have heard</p> <p class="sl1">from the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts,</p> <p class="sl">The God of Israel,</p> <p class="sl1">I have announced to you.<a id="ren29021010-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021010-i">i</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Dumah</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29021011" class="ver">11</span>Oracle on Dumah:<a id="rfn29021011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">They call to me from Seir,</p> <p class="sl1">“Watchman, how much longer the night?</p> <p class="sl1">Watchman, how much longer the night?”</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29021012" class="ver">12</span>The watchman replies,</p> <p class="sl">“Morning has come, and again night.</p> <p class="sl1">If you will ask, ask; come back again.”</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">In the Steppe</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29021013" class="ver">13</span>Oracle: in the steppe:<a id="rfn29021013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021013-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">In the thicket in the steppe you will spend the night,</p> <p class="sl1">caravans of Dedanites.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021014" class="ver">14</span>Meet the thirsty, bring them water,</p> <p class="sl1">inhabitants of the land of Tema,</p> <p class="sl1">greet the fugitives with bread.<a id="ren29021014-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29021014-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29021015" class="ver">15</span>For they have fled from the sword,</p> <p class="sl1">from the drawn sword;</p> <p class="sl">From the taut bow,</p> <p class="sl1l">from the thick of battle.</p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v29021016" class="ver">16</span>For thus the Lord has said to me: In another year, like the years of a hired laborer,<a id="rfn29021016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29021016-1">*</a> all the glory of Kedar shall come to an end. <span id="v29021017" class="ver">17</span>Few of Kedar’s stalwart archers shall remain, for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, has spoken.</p> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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