Isaiah 21:4-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 My [a]mind reels, [b]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (A)turned for me into trembling.
5 They (B)set the table, they [c]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields,”
6 For thus the Lord says to me,
“Go, station the lookout, let him (C)report what he sees.
7 “When he sees (D)riders, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then [d]the lookout called,
“(E)O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9 “Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(F)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (G)images of her gods [e]are shattered on the ground.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering
- Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating
- Isaiah 21:8 So DSS; M.T. he called like a lion
- Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
Isaiah 47:9
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 “But these (A)two things will come on you (B)suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many (C)sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.
Jeremiah 51:11
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 (A)Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The Lord has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the (B)vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.
Jeremiah 51:31
New American Standard Bible 1995
31 One [a](A)courier runs to meet [b]another,
And one [c](B)messenger to meet [d]another,
To tell the king of Babylon
That his city has been captured from end to end;
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit runner
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit runner
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit announcer
- Jeremiah 51:31 Lit announcer
Jeremiah 51:39
New American Standard Bible 1995
39 “When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet
And (A)make them drunk, that they may become jubilant
And may (B)sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:57
New American Standard Bible 1995
57 “I will (A)make her princes and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men,
That they may sleep a (B)perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
(C)Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
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