Isaiah 21 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 22

¹The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

KJVThe burden^H4853 of the valley^H1516 of vision^H2384. What aileth thee now^H645, that thou art wholly gone up^H5927^(H8804) to the housetops^H1406?

² You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town, your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

KJVThou that art full^H4392 of stirs^H8663, a tumultuous^H1993^(H8802) city^H5892, a joyous^H5947 city^H7151: thy slain^H2491 men are not slain^H2491 with the sword^H2719, nor dead^H4191^(H8801) in battle^H4421.

³ All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

KJVAll thy rulers^H7101 are fled^H5074^(H8804) together^H3162, they are bound^H631^(H8795) by the archers^H7198: all that are found^H4672^(H8737) in thee are bound^H631^(H8795) together^H3162, which have fled^H1272^(H8804) from far^H7350.

⁴ Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJVTherefore said^H559^(H8804) I, Look away^H8159^(H8798) from me; I will weep^H1065 bitterly^H4843^(H8762), labour^H213^(H8686) not to comfort^H5162^(H8763) me, because of the spoiling^H7701 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971.

⁵ For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision, a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.”

KJVFor it is a day^H3117 of trouble^H4103, and of treading down^H4001, and of perplexity^H3998 by the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635 in the valley^H1516 of vision^H2384, breaking^H6979^(H8772) down the walls^H7023, and of crying^H7771 to the mountains^H2022.

⁶ Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

KJVAnd Elam^H5867 bare^H5375^(H8804) the quiver^H827 with chariots^H7393 of men^H120 and horsemen^H6571, and Kir^H7024 uncovered^H6168^(H8765) the shield^H4043.

⁷ Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that thy choicest^H4005 valleys^H6010 shall be full^H4390^(H8804) of chariots^H7393, and the horsemen^H6571 shall set^H7896^(H8804) themselves in array^H7896^(H8800) at the gate^H8179.

⁸ He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.

KJVAnd he discovered^H1540^(H8762) the covering^H4539 of Judah^H3063, and thou didst look^H5027^(H8686) in that day^H3117 to the armour^H5402 of the house^H1004 of the forest^H3293.

⁹ You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

KJVYe have seen^H7200^(H8804) also the breaches^H1233 of the city^H5892 of David^H1732, that they are many^H7231^(H8804): and ye gathered together^H6908^(H8762) the waters^H4325 of the lower^H8481 pool^H1295.

¹⁰ You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

KJVAnd ye have numbered^H5608^(H8804) the houses^H1004 of Jerusalem^H3389, and the houses^H1004 have ye broken down^H5422^(H8799) to fortify^H1219^(H8763) the wall^H2346.

¹¹ You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who planned it long ago.

KJVYe made^H6213^(H8804) also a ditch^H4724 between the two walls^H2346 for the water^H4325 of the old^H3465 pool^H1295: but ye have not looked^H5027^(H8689) unto the maker^H6213^(H8802) thereof, neither had respect^H7200^(H8804) unto him that fashioned^H3335^(H8802) it long ago^H7350.

¹² In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 did the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635 call^H7121^(H8799) to weeping^H1065, and to mourning^H4553, and to baldness^H7144, and to girding^H2296^(H8800) with sackcloth^H8242:

¹³ and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

KJVAnd behold joy^H8342 and gladness^H8057, slaying^H2026^(H8800) oxen^H1241, and killing^H7819^(H8800) sheep^H6629, eating^H398^(H8800) flesh^H1320, and drinking^H8354^(H8800) wine^H3196: let us eat^H398^(H8800) and drink^H8354^(H8800); for to morrow^H4279 we shall die^H4191^(H8799).

¹⁴ Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd it was revealed^H1540^(H8738) in mine ears^H241 by the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, Surely this iniquity^H5771 shall not be purged^H3722^(H8792) from you till ye die^H4191^(H8799), saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635.

¹⁵ The Lord, Yahweh of Armies says, “Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 of hosts^H6635, Go^H3212^(H8798), get^H935^(H8798) thee unto this treasurer^H5532^(H8802), even unto Shebna^H7644, which is over the house^H1004, and say,

¹⁶ ‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”

KJVWhat hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out^H2672^(H8804) a sepulchre^H6913 here^H6311, as he that heweth him out^H2672^(H8802) a sepulchre^H6913 on high^H4791, and that graveth^H2710^(H8802) an habitation^H4908 for himself in a rock^H5553?

¹⁷ Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

KJVBehold, the LORD^H3068 will carry thee away^H2904^(H8772) with a mighty^H1397 captivity^H2925, and will surely^H5844^(H8800) cover^H5844^(H8802) thee.

¹⁸ He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you disgrace of your lord’s house.

KJVHe will surely^H6801^(H8800) violently turn^H6801^(H8799) and toss^H6802 thee like a ball^H1754 into a large^H7342^H3027 country^H776: there shalt thou die^H4191^(H8799), and there the chariots^H4818 of thy glory^H3519 shall be the shame^H7036 of thy lord's^H113 house^H1004.

¹⁹ I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.

KJVAnd I will drive^H1920^(H8804) thee from thy station^H4673, and from thy state^H4612 shall he pull thee down^H2040^(H8799).

²⁰ It will happen in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day^H3117, that I will call^H7121^(H8804) my servant^H5650 Eliakim^H471 the son^H1121 of Hilkiah^H2518:

²¹ and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

KJVAnd I will clothe^H3847^(H8689) him with thy robe^H3801, and strengthen^H2388^(H8762) him with thy girdle^H73, and I will commit^H5414^(H8799) thy government^H4475 into his hand^H3027: and he shall be a father^H1 to the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389, and to the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063.

²² I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

KJVAnd the key^H4668 of the house^H1004 of David^H1732 will I lay^H5414^(H8804) upon his shoulder^H7926; so he shall open^H6605^(H8804), and none shall shut^H5462^(H8802); and he shall shut^H5462^(H8804), and none shall open^H6605^(H8802).

²³ I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

KJVAnd I will fasten^H8628^(H8804) him as a nail^H3489 in a sure^H539^(H8737) place^H4725; and he shall be for a glorious^H3519 throne^H3678 to his father's^H1 house^H1004.

²⁴ They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.

KJVAnd they shall hang^H8518^(H8804) upon him all the glory^H3519 of his father's^H1 house^H1004, the offspring^H6631 and the issue^H6849, all vessels^H3627 of small^H6996 quantity, from the vessels^H3627 of cups^H101, even to all the vessels^H3627 of flagons^H5035.

²⁵ “In that day,” says Yahweh of Armies, “the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down and fall. The burden that was on it will be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken it.”

KJVIn that day^H3117, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, shall the nail^H3489 that is fastened^H8628^(H8803) in the sure^H539^(H8737) place^H4725 be removed^H4185^(H8799), and be cut down^H1438^(H8738), and fall^H5307^(H8804); and the burden^H4853 that was upon it shall be cut off^H3772^(H8738): for the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) it.

WEB·Isaiah 21

¹The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.

KJVThe burden^H4853 of the desert^H4057 of the sea^H3220. As whirlwinds^H5492 in the south^H5045 pass^H2498^(H8800) through; so it cometh^H935^(H8802) from the desert^H4057, from a terrible^H3372^(H8737) land^H776.

² 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.

KJVA grievous^H7186 vision^H2380 is declared^H5046^(H8717) unto me; the treacherous dealer^H898^(H8802) dealeth treacherously^H898^(H8802), and the spoiler^H7703^(H8802) spoileth^H7703^(H8802). Go up^H5927^(H8798), O Elam^H5867: besiege^H6696^(H8798), O Media^H4074; all the sighing^H585 thereof have I made to cease^H7673^(H8689).

³ Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t see.

KJVTherefore are my loins^H4975 filled^H4390^(H8804) with pain^H2479: pangs^H6735 have taken hold^H270^(H8804) upon me, as the pangs^H6735 of a woman that travaileth^H3205^(H8802): I was bowed down^H5753^(H8738) at the hearing^H8085^(H8800) of it; I was dismayed^H926^(H8738) at the seeing^H7200^(H8800) of it.

⁴ My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

KJVMy heart^H3824 panted^H8582^(H8804), fearfulness^H6427 affrighted^H1204^(H8765) me: the night^H5399 of my pleasure^H2837 hath he turned^H7760^(H8804) into fear^H2731 unto me.

⁵ They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

KJVPrepare^H6186^(H8800) the table^H7979, watch^H6822^(H8800) in the watchtower^H6844, eat^H398^(H8800), drink^H8354^(H8800): arise^H6965^(H8798), ye princes^H8269, and anoint^H4886^(H8798) the shield^H4043.

⁶ For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

KJVFor thus hath the Lord^H136 said^H559^(H8804) unto me, Go^H3212^(H8798), set^H5975^(H8685) a watchman^H6822^(H8764), let him declare^H5046^(H8686) what he seeth^H7200^(H8799).

⁷ When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”

KJVAnd he saw^H7200^(H8804) a chariot^H7393 with a couple^H6776 of horsemen^H6571, a chariot^H7393 of asses^H2543, and a chariot^H7393 of camels^H1581; and he hearkened^H7181^(H8689) diligently^H7182 with much^H7227 heed^H7182:

⁸ He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

KJVAnd he cried^H7121^(H8799), A lion^H738: My lord^H136, I stand^H5975^(H8802) continually^H8548 upon the watchtower^H4707 in the daytime^H3119, and I am set^H5324^(H8737) in my ward^H4931 whole nights^H3915:

⁹ Behold, 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.

KJVAnd, behold, here cometh^H935^(H8802) a chariot^H7393 of men^H376, with a couple^H6776 of horsemen^H6571. And he answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799), Babylon^H894 is fallen^H5307^(H8804), is fallen^H5307^(H8804); and all the graven images^H6456 of her gods^H430 he hath broken^H7665^(H8765) unto the ground^H776.

¹⁰ You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

KJVO my threshing^H4098, and the corn^H1121 of my floor^H1637: that which I have heard^H8085^(H8804) of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, have I declared^H5046^(H8689) unto you.

¹¹ The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

KJVThe burden^H4853 of Dumah^H1746. He calleth^H7121^(H8802) to me out of Seir^H8165, Watchman^H8104^(H8802), what of the night^H3915? Watchman^H8104^(H8802), what of the night^H3915?

¹² The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”

KJVThe watchman^H8104^(H8802) said^H559^(H8804), The morning^H1242 cometh^H857^(H8804), and also the night^H3915: if ye will enquire^H1158^(H8799), enquire^H1158^(H8798) ye: return^H7725^(H8798), come^H857^(H8798).

¹³ The burden on Arabia. You will lodge in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of Dedanites.

KJVThe burden^H4853 upon Arabia^H6152. In the forest^H3293 in Arabia^H6152 shall ye lodge^H3885^(H8799), O ye travelling companies^H736 of Dedanim^H1720.

¹⁴ They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.

KJVThe inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776 of Tema^H8485 brought^H857^(H8689) water^H4325 to him^H7125^(H8800) that was thirsty^H6771, they prevented^H6923^(H8765) with their bread^H3899 him that fled^H5074^(H8802).

¹⁵ For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.

KJVFor they fled^H5074^(H8804) from^H6440 the swords^H2719, from^H6440 the drawn^H5203^(H8803) sword^H2719, and from^H6440 the bent^H1869^(H8803) bow^H7198, and from^H6440 the grievousness^H3514 of war^H4421.

¹⁶ For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,

KJVFor thus hath the Lord^H136 said^H559^(H8804) unto me, Within a year^H8141, according to the years^H8141 of an hireling^H7916, and all the glory^H3519 of Kedar^H6938 shall fail^H3615^(H8804):

¹⁷ and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”

KJVAnd the residue^H7605 of the number^H4557 of archers^H7198, the mighty men^H1368 of the children^H1121 of Kedar^H6938, shall be diminished^H4591^(H8799): for the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 hath spoken^H1696^(H8765) it.

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