Isaiah 21:8-16
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Chapter 21
8Then he who saw cried out: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights. 9And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!" And he answered, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground." 10O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you. 11The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, what time of the night? Watchman, what time of the night?"
12The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."
13The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
14To the thirsty bring water; meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
15For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.
16For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.