Is 21:9 "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground."
Is 21:10 O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Is 21:11 ¶ The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?"
Is 21:12 The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."
Is 21:13 ¶ The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.
Is 21:14 Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread.
Is 21:15 For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle.
Is 21:16 ¶ For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;
Is 21:17 and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken."
Is 22:1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
Is 22:2 You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle.
Is 22:3 All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away.
Is 22:4 Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Is 22:5 For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying to the mountain.
Is 22:6 Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
Is 22:7 Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.
Is 22:8 And He removed the defense of Judah. In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,
Is 22:9 And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool.
Is 22:11 And you made a reservoir between the two walls For the waters of the old pool. But you did not depend on Him who made it, Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
Is 22:12 ¶ Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.