< Isaiah 21 >
1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh 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 grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made 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 Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not 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 panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto 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, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.
to arrange [the] table to overlay [the] rug to eat to drink to arise: rise [the] ruler to anoint shield
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
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 chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.
and to see: see chariot pair horseman chariot donkey chariot camel and to listen attentiveness many attentiveness
8 And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.
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 — And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto 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 threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto 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. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what 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 said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come.
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 against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, [ye] caravans of Dedanites.
oracle in/on/with Arabia in/on/with wood in/on/with Arabia to lodge caravan Dedanite
14 Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth.
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 swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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 thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
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 residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.
and remnant number bow mighty man son: descendant/people Kedar to diminish for LORD God Israel to speak: speak