Isaiah 21:4-9
New American Standard Bible
4 My [a]mind reels, [b]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (A)turned into trembling for me.
5 They (B)set the table, they [c]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”
6 For this is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, station the lookout, have him (C)report what he sees.
7 When he sees [d]a (D)column of chariots, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then [e]the lookout called,
“(E)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 [f]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 21:7 Or riders
- Isaiah 21:8 As in DSS; MT he called like a lion
- Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
Isaiah 21:4-9
New International Version
4 My heart(A) falters,
fear makes me tremble;(B)
the twilight I longed for
has become a horror(C) to me.
5 They set the tables,
they spread the rugs,
they eat, they drink!(D)
Get up, you officers,
oil the shields!(E)
6 This is what the Lord says to me:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text A lion
Isaiah 21:4-9
King James Version
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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Isaiah 47:9
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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.
Isaiah 47:9
King James Version
9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
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Jeremiah 51:11
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11 (A)Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His plan is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the (B)vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.
Jeremiah 51:11
King James Version
11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
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Jeremiah 51:31
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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 51:31
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Jeremiah 51:31
King James Version
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
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Jeremiah 51:39
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39 When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet
And (A)make them drunk, so that they may rejoice in triumph,
And may (B)sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:39
New International Version
Jeremiah 51:39
King James Version
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
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Jeremiah 51:57
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57 “I will (A)make her leaders and her wise men drunk,
Her governors, her officials, and her warriors,
So that they will sleep a (B)perpetual sleep and not wake up,”
(C)Declares the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.
Jeremiah 51:57
King James Version
57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
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