Verse 2
Isaiah 21:2
Bible in Basic English
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A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
Original Language Text
hebrew
חָז֥וּת קָשָׁ֖ה הֻגַּד לִ֑/י הַ/בּוֹגֵ֤ד בּוֹגֵד֙ וְ/הַ/שּׁוֹדֵ֣ד שׁוֹדֵ֔ד עֲלִ֤י עֵילָם֙ צוּרִ֣י מָדַ֔י כָּל אַנְחָתָ֖/ה הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי
English Translation
A hard vision has been told to me: the betrayer betrays, and the plunderer plunders upon Elam; I have destroyed all its groves.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the was...
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2
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster...
3
For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on...
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4
My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking fo...
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5
They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put...
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6
For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
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7
And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camel...
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8
And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my wat...
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9
See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low,...
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10
O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord o...
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11
The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gon...
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12
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, p...
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13
The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling...
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14
Give water to him who is in need of water; give bread, O men of the land of Tema, to those in flight...
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15
For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.
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16
For so has the Lord said to me, In a year, by the years of a servant working for payment, all the gl...
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17
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for th...
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