# Isaiah 21

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea:
Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev,
an invader comes from the desert,
from a land of terror. [2] A dire vision is declared to me:
“The traitor still betrays,
and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media!
I will put an end to all her groaning.” [3] Therefore my body is filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor.
I am bewildered to hear,
I am dismayed to see. [4] My heart falters;
fear makes me tremble.
The twilight of my desire
has turned to horror. [5] They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet,
they eat, they drink!
Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! [6] For this is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, post a lookout
and have him report what he sees. [7] When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
he must be alert, fully alert.” [8] Then the lookout shouted:
“Day after day, my lord,
I stand on the watchtower;
night after night
I stay at my post. [9] Look, here come the riders,
horsemen in pairs.”
And one answered, saying:
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon!
All the images of her gods
lie shattered on the ground!” [10] O my people, crushed on the threshing floor,
I tell you what I have heard
from the LORD of Hosts,
the God of Israel. [11] This is the burden against Dumah:
One calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?” [12] The watchman replies,
“Morning has come, but also the night.
If you would inquire, then inquire.
Come back yet again.” [13] This is the burden against Arabia:
In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge,
O caravans of Dedanites. [14] Bring water for the thirsty,
O dwellers of Tema;
meet the refugees with food. [15] For they flee from the sword—
the sword that is drawn—
from the bow that is bent,
and from the stress of battle. [16] 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. [17] The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

## Places in this chapter

- **Tema** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/tema
- **Elam** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/elam
- **Dedan** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/dedan
- **Kedar** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/kedar
- **Dumah 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/dumah-2
- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1
- **Negeb** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/negeb
- **Arabia 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/arabia-1
- **Media** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/media
- **Mount Seir 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-seir-1

## Each verse

- Isaiah 21:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/1
- Isaiah 21:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/2
- Isaiah 21:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/3
- Isaiah 21:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/4
- Isaiah 21:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/5
- Isaiah 21:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/6
- Isaiah 21:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/7
- Isaiah 21:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/8
- Isaiah 21:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/9
- Isaiah 21:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/10
- Isaiah 21:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/11
- Isaiah 21:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/12
- Isaiah 21:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/13
- Isaiah 21:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/14
- Isaiah 21:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/15
- Isaiah 21:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/16
- Isaiah 21:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/21/17