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 oracle of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negev sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome 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 grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack. I have stopped all of Media's sighing.

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

Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am dismayed that I can't see.

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 flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

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

They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil 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 said to me, "Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

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

When he sees chariots, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."

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

Then the lookout shouted: "Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

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

Look, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs." He answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.

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

You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor." That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared 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. One calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of 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, "The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again."

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

The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites.

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

They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their 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 fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of 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 to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, the glory of Kedar will fail,

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

and the residue of the number of the archers, the warriors of the people of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken it."