< Isaiah 21 >

1 The doom of the desert by the sea. As tempests in the south blow with fury; so doth it come 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 hard vision hath been told unto me; the traitor dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. “Go up, O 'Elam; besiege, O Media;” all sighing have I caused 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; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I am too much cramped to hear; I am too much 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 wandereth astray, dread affrighteth me: the evening of my pleasure hath he turned unto me into terror.
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, put on the candlesticks, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and 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 said unto me the Lord, Go, set the watchman, what he seeth let him tell.
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 will see chariots, horsemen in couples, riders on asses, riders on camels; and he shall listen diligently with much heed:
and to see: see chariot pair horseman chariot donkey chariot camel and to listen attentiveness many attentiveness
8 And he calleth [like] a lion, Upon the watchtower, O Lord, do I stand continually in the daytime, and on my ward am I set all the 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, here cometh a chariot with men, horsemen in couples, and he commenceth and saith, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods hath he shivered 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 down-trodden [people, ] and the son of my threshingfloor: that which I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I told 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 doom of Dumah. Unto me one calleth out of Se'ir, 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 desire, desire ye; return, come again.
to say to keep: guard to come morning and also night if to enquire [emph?] to enquire to return: again to come
13 The doom upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanim.
oracle in/on/with Arabia in/on/with wood in/on/with Arabia to lodge caravan Dedanite
14 Toward him that is thirsty they bring water; the inhabitants of the land of Thema meet with suitable bread the fugitive.
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 Because from the swords are they fled, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the pressure 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 said the Lord unto me, Within yet one year, like the years of a hired laborer, shall all the glory of Kedar be at an end:
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 bows of the mighty men of the children of Kedar shall be small; for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.
and remnant number bow mighty man son: descendant/people Kedar to diminish for LORD God Israel to speak: speak

< Isaiah 21 >