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Isaiah 21

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.

 ¶ 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 [fn]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. 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 [fn][fn]My heart panted, fearefulnesse affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he 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 [fn][ref][fn]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. 9 [ref]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. 10 [fn]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. 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 [fn]The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they preuented with their bread him that fled. 15 [fn]For they fled from the swords, 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 [fn]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.

21:2 Heb. hard.

21:4 Or, my minde wandred.

21:4 Heb. put.

21:8 Or, cryed as a lyon.

21:8 Or, euery night.

21:10 Heb. sonne.

21:14 Or, bring yee.

21:15 Or, for feare. Heb. from the face.

21:17 Heb. bowes

21:8 Abacuc. 2.1.

21:9 Ier.51.8. reu.14.8. and 18.2.