Isaiah 21
Berean Standard Bible
Babylon Is Fallen
(Revelation 18:1–8)
1This is the burdenH4853 against the DesertH4057 by the SeaH3220:
Like whirlwindsH5492 sweepingH2498 through the NegevH5045,an invader comesH935 from the desertH4057,from a landH776 of terrorH3372.2A direH7186 visionH2380 is declaredH5046 to me:“The traitorH898 still betraysH898,and the destroyerH7703 still destroysH7703.Go upH5927, O ElamH5867! Lay siegeH6696, O MediaH4074!I will put an endH7673 to allH3605 her groaningH585.”
3ThereforeH5921H3651 my bodyH4975 is filledH4390 with anguishH2479.PainH6735 grips meH270, like the painsH6735 of a woman in laborH3205.I am bewilderedH5753 to hearH8085,I am dismayedH926 to seeH7200.4My heartH3824 faltersH8582;fearH6427 makes me trembleH1204.The twilightH5399 I desiredH2837has turnedH7760 to horrorH2731.5They prepareH6186 a tableH7979, they lay outH6823 a carpetH6844,they eatH398, they drinkH8354!
Rise upH6965, O princesH8269, oilH4886 the shieldsH4043!6ForH3588 thisH3541 is what the LordH136 saysH559 to meH413:
“GoH1980, postH5975 a lookoutH6822and have him reportH5046 whatH834 he seesH7200.7When he seesH7200 chariotsH7393 with teamsH6776 of horsemenH6571,ridersH7393 on donkeysH2543, ridersH7393 on camelsH1581,he must be alertH7181H7182, fullyH7227 alertH7182.”
“DayH8548 after dayH3119, my lordH136,IH595 standH5975 onH5921 the watchtowerH4707;night afterH3605 nightH3915IH595 stayH5324 atH5921 my postH4931.9LookH2009, hereH2088 comeH935 the ridersH7393H376,horsemenH6571 in pairsH6776.”
“FallenH5307, fallen isH5307 BabylonH894!2AllH3605 the imagesH6456 of her godsH430lie shatteredH7665 on the groundH776!”
10O my peopleH1121, crushedH4098 on the threshing floorH1637,I tellH5046 you whatH834 I have heardH8085fromH854 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635,the GodH430 of IsraelH3478.
The Burden against Edom
(Isaiah 34:5–17)
11This is the burdenH4853 against DumahH1746:3
One callsH7121 to meH413 from SeirH8165,4“WatchmanH8104, what is leftH4100 of the nightH3915?WatchmanH8104, what is leftH4100 of the nightH3915?”
12The watchmanH8104 repliesH559,“MorningH1242 has comeH857, but alsoH1571 the nightH3915.IfH518 you would inquireH1158, then inquireH1158.Come backH857 yet againH7725.”
The Burden against Arabia
13This is the burdenH4853 against ArabiaH6152:
In the thicketsH3293 of ArabiaH6152 you must lodgeH3885,O caravansH736 of DedanitesH1720.14BringH857 waterH4325 for the thirstyH6771,O dwellersH3427 of TemaH776H8485;meetH6923 the refugeesH5074 with foodH3899.15ForH3588 they fleeH5074 fromH6440 the swordH2719H6440—the swordH2719 that is drawnH5203—fromH6440 the bowH7198 that is bentH1869,and fromH6440 the stressH3514 of battleH4421.
16ForH3588 thisH3541 is what the LordH136 saysH559 to meH413H5750: “Within one yearH8141, as a hired workerH7916 would countH8141 it, allH3605 the gloryH3519 of KedarH6938 will be goneH3615. 17The remainingH7605H4557 archersH7198, the warriorsH1368 of KedarH6938, will be fewH4591.”
ForH3588 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, has spokenH1696.
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 21:8 DSS and Syriac; MT lion ↩
- 2. Isaiah 21:9 See Revelation 14:8 and Revelation 18:2. ↩
- 3. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah is a wordplay on Edom, meaning silence. ↩
- 4. Isaiah 21:11 Seir is another name for Edom. ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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