Isaiah 21
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Isaiah 21:5-12

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.”
8Then the lookoutH7381 shoutedH7121:
“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.”
And one answeredH6030, sayingH559:
“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.

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.”
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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 21:8 DSS and Syriac; MT lion ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 21:9 See Revelation 14:8 and Revelation 18:2. ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah is a wordplay on Edom, meaning silence. ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 21:11 Seir is another name for Edom. ↩

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