Isaiah 21 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.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ 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. 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. 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. ⁴ My heart wandereth astray, dread affrighteth me: the evening of my pleasure hath he turned unto me into terror. ⁵ Prepare the table, put on the candlesticks, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. ⁶ For thus hath said unto me the Lord, Go, set the watchman, what he seeth let him tell. ⁷ And he will see chariots, horsemen in couples, riders on asses, riders on camels; and he shall listen diligently with much heed: 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. 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. 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. ¹¹ The doom of Dumah. Unto me one calleth out of Se’ir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? ¹² The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will desire, desire ye; return, come again. ¹³ The doom upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanim. ¹⁴ Toward him that is thirsty they bring water; the inhabitants of the land of Thema meet with suitable bread the fugitive. ¹⁵ Because from the swords are they fled, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the pressure of war. 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: 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.