Isaiah 21:9-11
Lexham English Bible
9 And look at this! A man’s a chariot is coming,
a pair of horsemen!”
Then[a] he responded and said,
“It has fallen! Babylon has fallen!
And all the images of her gods are[b] smashed on the ground!”
10 My downtrodden people
and the son of my threshing floor,
I will announce to you what I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel.
Oracle regarding Dumah
11 The oracle of Dumah:
One is calling to me from Seir,
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- Isaiah 21:9 Or “and”
- Isaiah 21:9 Hebrew “is”
- Isaiah 21:11 Literally “from”
- Isaiah 21:11 Literally “from”
Isaiah 21:9-11
New International Version
9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”
10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(F)
I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
from the God of Israel.
A Prophecy Against Edom
11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(G)
Someone calls to me from Seir,(H)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.
Isaiah 21:9-11
King James Version
9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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