“Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(A)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (B)images of her gods [a]are shattered on the ground.”
10 O my (C)threshed people, and my [b]afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.

Oracles about Edom and Arabia

11 The [c]oracle concerning [d](D)Edom.

One keeps calling to me from (E)Seir,
“Watchman, [e]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [f]how far gone is the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
  2. Isaiah 21:10 Lit son
  3. Isaiah 21:11 Or burden
  4. Isaiah 21:11 So the Gr; Heb Dumah, silence
  5. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
  6. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?