1 The burden of the desert of the sea. Just as the whirlwinds approach from Africa, it approaches from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.
3 Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.
4 My heart withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me.
5 Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!
6 For the Lord has said this to me: “Go and station a watchman. And let him announce whatever he will see.”
7 And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, and a rider on an donkey, and a rider on a camel. And he considered them diligently, with an intense gaze.
8 And a lion cried out: “I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night.
9 Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!
10 O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”
11 The burden of Dumah, cried out to me from Seir: “Watchman, how goes the night? Watchman, how goes the night?”
12 The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”
13 The burden in Arabia. In the forest you shall sleep, in the evening on the paths of Dedanim.
14 You who inhabit the land of the south: upon meeting the thirsty, bring water; meet the fugitive with bread.
15 For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle.
16 For the Lord said this to me: “After one more year, just like one year for a hired hand, all the glory of Kedar will be taken away.
17 And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 21:
Isaiah 21 is a chapter that contains a prophecy about the fall of Babylon. He describes the destruction and judgment of a great city. Next, five verses related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 21:
Jeremiah 50:15-"Shout against her around; she has already surrendered; her towers fell, her walls were fell; for this is the revenge of the Lord; This verse describes the fall of Babylon, as is Isaiah 21.
Revelation 14:8 - "And followed them another angel, saying, Fell, Babylon fell, that great city, which to all nations gave the wine of the wrath of its prostitution to all nations." This verse speaks of the fall of Babylon as a city that deceived all nations, as well as the description in Isaiah 21.
Isaiah 47:5 - "Set yourself in silence, and enters darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you will never be called the Lady of Kingdoms again." This verse speaks of the fall of Babylon and its end as a great empire, as well as Isaiah 21.
Revelation 18:2 - "And cried in a strong voice, saying, Fell, fell to the great Babylon, and became the abode of demons, and coitus of every filthy spirit, and hiding from every filthy and detestable bird." This verse describes the fall of Babylon and its transformation into a place of evil, such as the description in Isaiah 21.
Jeremiah 50:39 - "Therefore, the desert beasts will dwell with hyenas, and the ostriches will dwell in it; and will never be populated, nor will they be inhabited from generation to generation." This verse speaks of the fall of Babylon and its final destruction, as the description in Isaiah 21.
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