Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 21

A against the : Like storms tearing through the , it comes from the wilderness, from a land that makes you shudder.A devastating vision has been shown to me— the betrayer betrays, the destroyer destroys. Go up, ! Lay siege, ! All the groaning she caused — I am ending it.That is why my body is full of anguish. . I am too shattered to hear, too terrified to see.My mind reels, panic overwhelms me. The has turned into my horror.They set the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink— Get up, officers! !This is what told me: “Go, post a . Have him report what he sees.”“When he sees cavalry— pairs of horsemen, a column of donkeys, a column of camels— let him watch carefully, very carefully.”Then the lookout cried out: “My lord, I stand at the all day long. I am stationed at my post every single night.”And look — here they come! Cavalry, pairs of horsemen! Then he spoke up and said: “ Every carved image of her gods lies shattered on the ground.”My people — — what I have heard from Yahweh, , the God of Israel, I have declared to you.A pronouncement against : Someone is calling to me from : “, how much of the night is left? Watchman, how much of the night is left?”The watchman answers: “. If you want to ask, ask. Come back again.”A pronouncement against Arabia: In the of Arabia you will camp for the night, you caravans of .Bring water to the thirsty! You who live in the land of , meet the refugees with bread.They are fleeing from swords — from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, from the crush of battle.This is what Yahweh told me: “Within one year — — all the glory of will be gone.”The surviving — the warriors of Kedar — will be few. Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken.