Isaiah 21

1 This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

oracle wilderness sea like/as whirlwind in/on/with Negeb to/for to pass from wilderness to come (in): come from land: country/planet to fear

2 A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

vision severe to tell to/for me [the] to act treacherously to act treacherously and [the] to ruin to ruin to ascend: rise Elam to confine Media all sighing her to cease

3 Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

upon so to fill loin my anguish pang to grasp me like/as pang to beget to twist from to hear: hear to dismay from to see: see

4 My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

to go astray heart my shuddering to terrify me [obj] twilight desire my to set: make to/for me to/for trembling

5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

to arrange [the] table to overlay [the] rug to eat to drink to arise: rise [the] ruler to anoint shield

6 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

for thus to say to(wards) me Lord to go: went to stand: stand [the] to watch which to see: see to tell

7 When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

and to see: see chariot pair horseman chariot donkey chariot camel and to listen attentiveness many attentiveness

8 Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

and to call: call out lion upon lookout Lord I to stand: stand continually by day and upon charge my I to stand all [the] night

9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

and behold this to come (in): come chariot man pair horseman and to answer and to say to fall: fall to fall: fall Babylon and all idol God her to break to/for land: soil

10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

threshed my and son: type of threshing floor my which to hear: hear from with LORD Hosts God Israel to tell to/for you

11 This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

oracle Dumah to(wards) me to call: call to from Seir to keep: guard what? from night to keep: guard what? from night

12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

to say to keep: guard to come morning and also night if to enquire [emph?] to enquire to return: again to come

13 This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

oracle in/on/with Arabia in/on/with wood in/on/with Arabia to lodge caravan Dedanite

14 Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

to/for to encounter: meet thirsty to come water to dwell land: country/planet Tema in/on/with food: bread his to meet to wander

15 For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

for from face: before sword to wander from face: before sword to leave and from face: before bow to tread and from face: before heaviness battle

16 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

for thus to say Lord to(wards) me in/on/with still year like/as year hired and to end: finish all glory Kedar

17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

and remnant number bow mighty man son: descendant/people Kedar to diminish for LORD God Israel to speak: speak