Isaiah 21 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Isaiah is not in PT1904.
1 A message about the desert by the sea. Like storm winds passing through the Negev, something is coming from the desert, from a land of terror—
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2 a horrifying vision that has been explained to me. The betrayer still betrays; the destroyer still destroys. Elamites and Medes, go ahead, attack and lay siege to Babylon, for I'm putting a stop to all the pain it has caused.
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3 As a result my body is filled with agony. I'm overwhelmed with pain, like the pain of a woman giving birth. I am confused by what I hear; I am distressed by what I see.
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4 My mind falters; I shake in panic. The night I looked forward to has become terrifying.
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5 They set the table, they spread out the rugs, they eat and drink… “Get up, officers! Prepare your shields for battle!”
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6 This is what the Lord told me: “Go! Have a lookout keep watch, and make sure he reports what he sees.
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7 When he sees chariots coming pulled by pairs of horses, riders on donkeys and on camels, he should watch very carefully, paying close attention.”
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8 Then the lookout shouted “Sir, I've stood here on the watchtower day after day; night after night I've remained at my post.
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9 Now look! A man in a chariot with a pair of horses is coming.” Then he said, “Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the idols of its gods lie smashed on the ground!”
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10 My poor downtrodden people, so badly mistreated, I have told you what I have heard from the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel.
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11 A message about Edom. A voice is calling to me from Seir, asking, “Watchman, what time of night is it? Watchman, what time of night is it?”
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12 The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but the night is coming again soon. If you want to ask again, then come back and ask.”
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13 A message about Arabia. Caravans from Dedan, spend the night in the bushes.
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14 People of Tema, take water to the thirsty, meet the refugees with food.
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15 They're running away from a fierce battle, from swords, drawn swords, from bows and arrows.
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16 This is what the Lord told me: “Within one year, just as a contract worker precisely counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
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17 There will only be a few left of the archers, the warriors of Kedar.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
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Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 13:1; Jeremiah 51:42; Zechariah 9:14; Isaiah 17:1
- 2 Jeremiah 49:34; Isaiah 33:1; Isaiah 24:16; Psalm 60:3; Revelation 13:10
- 3 Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 26:17; Psalm 48:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 48:41
- 4 Luke 21:34–36; Esther 5:12; 2 Samuel 13:28–29; Esther 7:6–10; Deuteronomy 28:67
- 5 Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 51:39; Jeremiah 51:57; Daniel 5:1–5; Isaiah 45:1–3
- 6 Habakkuk 2:1–2; Ezekiel 33:2–7; Ezekiel 3:17; 2 Kings 9:17–20; Jeremiah 51:12–13
- 7 Isaiah 21:9; Hebrews 2:1; Isaiah 37:24
- 8 Habakkuk 2:1–2; Psalm 127:1; Isaiah 56:10; 1 Peter 5:8; Jeremiah 50:44
- 9 Revelation 18:2; Jeremiah 51:8; Revelation 14:8; Jeremiah 51:44; Isaiah 13:19
- 10 Jeremiah 51:33; Micah 4:13; Ezekiel 3:17–19; Isaiah 41:15–16; Matthew 3:12
- 11 Genesis 25:14; Obadiah 1–16; Amos 1:6; Joel 3:19; 1 Chronicles 1:30
- 12 Acts 17:30–32; Acts 2:37–38; Ezekiel 14:1–6; Ezekiel 7:5–7; Acts 17:19–20
- 13 Jeremiah 25:23–24; 1 Chronicles 1:32; Genesis 25:3; Ezekiel 27:15; Jeremiah 49:28–33
- 14 Job 6:19; Genesis 25:15; Romans 12:20; Proverbs 25:21; Judges 8:4–8
- 15 Job 6:19–20; Isaiah 13:14
- 16 Isaiah 16:14; Psalm 120:5; Isaiah 60:7; Song of Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 49:28
- 17 Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6; Isaiah 1:20; Matthew 24:35; Isaiah 17:4–5
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences