Isaiah 21

1 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

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

2 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

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.

3 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

8 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

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.

9 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

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!

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

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.”

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

The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”

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

The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”

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

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

14 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

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

15 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

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.

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

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.

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

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.”