ISAIAH CHAPTER 21 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

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CHAP. XXI.

1 The Prophet, bewayling the captiuity of his people, seeth in a vision, the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. 11 Edom, scorning the Prophet, is moued to repentance. 13 The set time of Arabias calamity.

¹ The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlewinds in the South passe thorough; so it commeth from the desert, from a terrible land.

² A grieuous vision is declared vnto me; The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth: Goe, vp O Elam: besiege, O Media: all the sighing thereof haue I made to cease.²

³ Therefore are my loynes filled with paine, pangs haue taken hold vpon me, as the pangs of a woman that trauelleth: I was bowed downe at the hearing of it, I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

⁴ My heart panted, fearefulnesse affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into feare vnto me.⁴

⁵ Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eate, drinke: arise yee princes, and anoint the shield.

⁶ For thus hath the Lord sayd vnto me; Goe, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

⁷ And he saw a charet with a couple of horsemen, a charet of asses, and a charet of camels; and hee hearkened diligently with much heede.

⁸ And he cryed; A lyon: my Lord, I stand continually vpon the watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights.⁸

⁹ And behold, heere commeth a charet of men with a couple of horsemen: and he answered and sayd; Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the grauen images of her Gods he hath broken vnto the ground.⁹

¹⁰ O my threshing and the corne of my floore: that which I haue heard of the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, haue I declared vnto you.¹⁰

¹¹ ¶ The burden of Dumah. Hee calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

¹² The watchman sayd; The morning commeth, and also the night: if yee will enquire, enquire yee: returne, come.

¹³ ¶ The burden vpon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall yee lodge, O yee trauelling companies of Dedanim.

¹⁴ The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they preuented with their bread him that fled.¹⁴

¹⁵ For they fled from the swords, from the drawen sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grieuousnesse of warre.¹⁵

¹⁶ For thus hath the Lord sayd vnto me: Within a yeere, according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall faile.

¹⁷ And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar shalbe diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.¹⁷

Isaiah Chapter 21 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible)

² Heb. hard.
⁴ Or, my minde wandred. , Heb. put.
⁸ Or, cryed as a lyon. , Abacuc. 2.1. , Or, euery night.
⁹ Ier.51.8. reu.14.8. and 18.2.
¹⁰ Heb. sonne.
¹⁴ Or, bring yee.
¹⁵ Or, for feare. Heb. from the face.
¹⁷ Heb. bowes

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