以賽亞書 第21章 共66章
- 1An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- 2A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
- 3At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see.
- 4My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
- 5They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!
- 6This is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
- 7When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert."
- 8And the lookout shouted, "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
- 9Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!' "
- 10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD Almighty, from the God of Israel. ( A Prophecy Against Edom )
- 11An oracle concerning Dumah : Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?"
- 12The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again." ( A Prophecy Against Arabia )
- 13An oracle concerning Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
- 14bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.
- 15They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.
- 16This is what the Lord says to me: "Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the pomp of Kedar will come to an end.
- 17The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD , the God of Israel, has spoken.