God Commands That Babylon Be Taken
6 For thus the Lord says to me,
“Go, station the lookout, let him (K)report what he sees.
7 “When he sees (L)riders, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then (h)the lookout called,
“(M)O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
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And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
Oracles about Edom and Arabia
11 The (k)oracle concerning (l)(Q)Edom.
12
The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 21:1: ['Or ', burden of]
b.
Isaiah 21:1: ['Or ', sandy wastes, sea country]
c.
Isaiah 21:1: ['I.e. South country']
d.
Isaiah 21:2: ['Lit ', her groaning]
e.
Isaiah 21:4: ['Lit ', heart has wandered]
f.
Isaiah 21:4: ['Lit ', shuddering]
g.
Isaiah 21:5: ['Or ', spread out the rugs, ' or possibly ', they arranged the seating]
h.
Isaiah 21:8: ['So DSS; M.T. ', he called, ' like ', a lion]
i.
Isaiah 21:9: ['Lit ', he has shattered to the earth]
j.
Isaiah 21:10: ['Lit ', son]
k.
Isaiah 21:11: ['Or ', burden]
l.
Isaiah 21:11: ['So the Gr; Heb ', Dumah, silence]
m.
Isaiah 21:11: ['Lit ', what, ' is the time ', of the night, '?']
n.
Isaiah 21:11: ['Lit ', what, ' is the time ', of the night, '?']
o.
Isaiah 21:13: ['Or ', burden]
p.
Isaiah 21:13: ['Or ', will spend]
q.
Isaiah 21:14: ['Lit ', to meet]
r.
Isaiah 21:16: ['Lit ', the years of a hireling]