The Vision About the Desert by the Sea, Dumah & Arabia |
Isaiah 21:1-17 The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
The burden, [a.k.a. vision] of the desert [by] the sea. [Like] whirlwinds in the south pass through; it [also] comes from the desert, from a terrible land. [Zechariah 9:14 And the Lord shall be seen over them & His arrow shall go [out] like lightning [bolts] & the Lord God shall blow the trumpet & shall go with the whirlwinds of the south.] |
A [dreadful] vision is declared to me. The [untrustworthy merchant] deals [deceitfully] & the spoiler [plunders.] Go up, O Elam & [surround,] O Media. I have made all the sighing there to cease. [Isaiah 14:4-7 You shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon & say, How has the oppressor ceased! |
The golden city ceased! The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked & the scepter of the rulers. He, who [struck] the people in [rage,] with continual [blows,] he, [who] ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted & none [interfere.] The whole earth is at rest & is quiet, They break [out] into singing.] |
Therefore, my [stomach is] filled with pain. [Pains] have taken hold of me, [like] the [pains] of a woman, [in labor.] I was bowed [over] at hearing it. I was [disturbed] at seeing it. My heart [pounded] & [fear frightened] me. The night of my [longing,] He has turned into fear [for] me. |
Prepare the table & watch in the watchtower, eat, drink & arise, you princes & anoint the shield. For the Lord has said [this] to me, Go, [put] a [guard] & let him declare what he sees. And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen & a chariot [with donkeys] & a chariot [with] camels. |
And he [carefully paid attention.] And he cried [out,] A lion: My lord, I continually stand on the watchtower in the daytime & I am [put] in my [division all] nights. And, [look,] here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. |
And he answered & said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen. [God] has broken to the ground, all the [carved] images of [Babylon's] gods. [Revelation 14:8-10 And there followed another Angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her [unfaithfulness,] [a.k.a. adultery, or fornication.] |
And the 3rd Angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man [worships] the beast & his image & [receives] his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the [fury] of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation & he shall be tormented with fire & brimstone in the presence of the holy Angels & in the presence of the Lamb.] |
O my threshing & the [grain] of my floor. I have declared [what] I heard [from] the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel. [Jeremiah 51:33 For the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this;] The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. It is time to thresh her. [Still] a little while & her harvest time will come.] |
The [vision] of Dumah. He called to me out of Seir, [Guard,] what [about] the night? [Guard,] what [about] the night? The [guard] said, The morning comes & also the night. If you will [iniquire,] [you go inquire,] return & come. |
The [vision] upon Arabia. You shall lodge in the forest in Arabia, O you traveling companies of Dedanim. The [residents] of the land of Tema, brought water to him, [who] was thirsty & they [presented] him, [who had] fled, with their bread. |
For they fled from the swords & from the drawn [swords] & from the bent [bows] & the [suffering] of war. For the Lord has said [this] to me, Within a year, according to the years of a [hired worker,] all the glory of Kedar, shall fail. |
And the [remaining] number of archers, the mighty men of the children [people] of Kedar, shall be [decreased:] for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it. |