Isaiah 21

1 The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.

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 difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.

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 Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.

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 withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me.

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

5 Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!

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

6 For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”

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

7 And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on a donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.

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

8 And a lion cried out: “I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.

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 Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!

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 threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”

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 The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes 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 said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”

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

13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.

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

14 You who inhabit the land of the south: upon meeting the thirsty, bring water; meet the fugitive with bread.

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 are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous 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 the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.

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 And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

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