1 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A stern vision is told to me; the plunderer plunders, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
5 They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes, oil the shield!
6 For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on asses, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."
8 Then he who saw cried: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.
9 And, behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground."
10 O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
11 The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Se'ir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"
12 The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."
13 The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of De'danites.
14 To the thirsty bring water, meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
15 For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.
16 For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;
17 and the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 21:
Isaiah 21 is a chapter that contains a prophecy about the fall of Babylon. He describes the destruction and judgment of a great city. Next, five verses related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 21:
Jeremiah 50:15-"Shout against her around; she has already surrendered; her towers fell, her walls were fell; for this is the revenge of the Lord; This verse describes the fall of Babylon, as is Isaiah 21.
Revelation 14:8 - "And followed them another angel, saying, Fell, Babylon fell, that great city, which to all nations gave the wine of the wrath of its prostitution to all nations." This verse speaks of the fall of Babylon as a city that deceived all nations, as well as the description in Isaiah 21.
Isaiah 47:5 - "Set yourself in silence, and enters darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you will never be called the Lady of Kingdoms again." This verse speaks of the fall of Babylon and its end as a great empire, as well as Isaiah 21.
Revelation 18:2 - "And cried in a strong voice, saying, Fell, fell to the great Babylon, and became the abode of demons, and coitus of every filthy spirit, and hiding from every filthy and detestable bird." This verse describes the fall of Babylon and its transformation into a place of evil, such as the description in Isaiah 21.
Jeremiah 50:39 - "Therefore, the desert beasts will dwell with hyenas, and the ostriches will dwell in it; and will never be populated, nor will they be inhabited from generation to generation." This verse speaks of the fall of Babylon and its final destruction, as the description in Isaiah 21.
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