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| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. |
The Book of the Prophet |
| Isaiah |
| 21 |
The Oracle concerning the Desert of the Sea | |
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The burden of the desert of the sea. ¶ As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. |
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A grievous vision is declared unto me; The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Me'di-a: all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. |
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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. |
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. |
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. |
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. |
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And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: |
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and he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: |
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and, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; Rev. 14.8 ; 18.2 and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. |
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O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. |
The Oracle concerning Dumah | |
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¶ The burden of Dumah. ¶ He calleth to me out of Se'ir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? |
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. |
The Oracle concerning Arabia | |
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¶ The burden upon Arabia. ¶ In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye traveling companies of De'danim. |
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. |
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. |
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: |
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and the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. |
Published by The American Bible Society
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