Isaiah 21

NIV — New International Version Bible (NIV)

NRT — Nádej pre kazdého (NPK)

Verse 1

A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:

Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,
an invader comes from the desert,
from a land of terror.

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Verse 2

A 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.

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Verse 3

At 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.

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Verse 4

My heart falters,
fear makes me tremble;
the twilight I longed for
has become a horror to me.

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Verse 5

They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!

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Verse 6

This is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, post a lookout
and have him report what he sees.

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Verse 7

When he sees chariots
    with teams of horses,
riders on donkeys
    or riders on camels,
let him be alert,
    fully alert.”

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Verse 8

And the lookout^[a] shouted,

“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
every night I stay at my post.

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Verse 9

Look, 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!’”

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Verse 10

My people who are 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

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Verse 11

A prophecy against Dumah^[b]:

Someone calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Verse 12

The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
and come back yet again.”

A Prophecy Against Arabia

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Verse 13

A prophecy against Arabia:

You caravans of Dedanites,
who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

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Verse 14

bring water for the thirsty;
you who live in Tema,
bring food for the fugitives.

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Verse 15

They flee from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and from the heat of battle.

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Verse 16

This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

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Verse 17

The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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