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Isaías 21,1-17
Chapter 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 [ Hebrew: hard.] 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.
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 [ Or, my minde wandred .] My heart panted, fearefulnesse affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he [ Hebrew: put.] turned into feare vnto me.
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 [ Or, cryed as a lyon.] he cryed; A lyon: my Lord, I stand continually vpon the [ Abacuc. 2.1.] watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward [ Or, euery night.] whole nights.
9 And behold, heere commeth a charet of men with a couple of horsemen: and he answered and sayd; [ Jer_51:8; Rev_14:8; Rev_18:2.] Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the grauen images of her Gods he hath broken vnto the ground.
10 O my threshing and the [ Hebrew: sonne.] corne of my floore: that which I haue heard of the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, haue I declared vnto you.
11 The burden of Dumah. Hee
[Against Arabia.]
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 [ Or, bring yee.] brought water to him that was thirsty, they preuented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords, [ Or, for feare. Hebrew: from the face.] from the drawen sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grieuousnesse of warre.
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 [ Hebrew: bowes.] archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar shalbe diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.