Is 21:5 They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields,"
Is 21:6 For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.
Is 21:7 "When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention."
Is 21:8 Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
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.