Isaiah 21:11-22:4

New King James Version

Proclamation Against Edom

¹¹^(A)The ^[a]burden against Dumah.

He calls to me out of ^(B)Seir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
¹²The watchman said,
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”

Proclamation Against Arabia

¹³^(C)The ^[b]burden against Arabia.

In the forest in Arabia you will lodge,
O you traveling companies ^(D)of Dedanites.
¹⁴O inhabitants of the land of Tema,
Bring water to him who is thirsty;
With their bread they met him who fled.
¹⁵For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword,
From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

¹⁶For thus the Lord has said to me: “Within a year, ^(E)according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of ^(F)Kedar will fail; ¹⁷and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.”

Proclamation Against Jerusalem

22 The ^[c]burden against the Valley of Vision.

What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
²You who are full of noise,
A ^[d]tumultuous city, ^(G)a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
³All your rulers have fled together;
They are captured by the archers.
All who are found in you are bound together;
They have fled from afar.
⁴Therefore I said, “Look away from me,
^(H)I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.”