Isaiah 21
New Living Translation
A Message about Babylon
21 This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea[a]:
Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,
like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.
2 I see a terrifying vision:
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.
3 My stomach aches and burns with pain.
Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
I am too afraid to look.
4 My mind reels and my heart races.
I longed for evening to come,
but now I am terrified of the dark.
5 Look! They are preparing a great feast.
They are spreading rugs for people to sit on.
Everyone is eating and drinking.
But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle.
You are being attacked!
6 Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,
“Put a watchman on the city wall.
Let him shout out what he sees.
7 He should look for chariots
drawn by pairs of horses,
and for riders on donkeys and camels.
Let the watchman be fully alert.”
8 Then the watchman[b] called out,
“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.
Night after night I have remained at my post.
9 Now at last—look!
Here comes a man in a chariot
with a pair of horses!”
Then the watchman said,
“Babylon is fallen, fallen!
All the idols of Babylon
lie broken on the ground!”
10 O my people, threshed and winnowed,
I have told you everything the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said,
everything the God of Israel has told me.
A Message about Edom
11 This message came to me concerning Edom[c]:
Someone from Edom[d] keeps calling to me,
“Watchman, how much longer until morning?
When will the night be over?”
12 The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.
If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
A Message about Arabia
13 This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.
14 O people of Tema,
bring water to these thirsty people,
food to these weary refugees.
15 They have fled from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.
16 The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day,[e] all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. 17 Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the Lord, the God of Israel, have spoken!”
Footnotes
- 21:1 Hebrew concerning the desert by the sea.
- 21:8 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads a lion.
- 21:11a Hebrew Dumah, which means “silence” or “stillness.” It is a wordplay on the word Edom.
- 21:11b Hebrew Seir, another name for Edom.
- 21:16 Hebrew Within a year, as a servant bound by contract would count it. Some ancient manuscripts read Within three years, as in 16:14.
以赛亚书 21
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
先知见异象得睹巴比伦被灭之惨
21 论海旁旷野的默示。
有仇敌从旷野，从可怕之地而来，好像南方的旋风猛然扫过。 2 令人凄惨的异象已默示于我：诡诈的行诡诈，毁灭的行毁灭。以拦哪，你要上去！玛代啊，你要围困！主说：“我使一切叹息止住。” 3 所以我满腰疼痛，痛苦将我抓住，好像产难的妇人一样。我疼痛甚至不能听，我惊惶甚至不能看。 4 我心慌张，惊恐威吓我，我所羡慕的黄昏变为我的战兢。 5 他们摆设筵席，派人守望，又吃又喝——“首领啊，你们起来，用油抹盾牌！” 6 主对我如此说：“你去设立守望的，使他将所看见的述说。 7 他看见军队，就是骑马的一对一对地来，又看见驴队、骆驼队，就要侧耳细听。” 8 他像狮子吼叫说：“主啊，我白日常站在望楼上，整夜立在我守望所， 9 看哪，有一队军兵，骑着马一对一对地来。”他就说：“巴比伦倾倒了！倾倒了！她一切雕刻的神像都打碎于地。”
10 我被打的禾稼，我场上的谷啊！我从万军之耶和华以色列的神那里所听见的，都告诉你们了。
论度玛之预言
11 论度玛的默示。
有人声从西珥呼问我说：“守望的啊，夜里如何？守望的啊，夜里如何？” 12 守望的说：“早晨将到，黑夜也来。你们若要问，就可以问，可以回头再来。”
论阿拉伯之预言
13 论阿拉伯的默示。
底但结伴的客旅啊，你们必在阿拉伯的树林中住宿。 14 提玛地的居民拿水来送给口渴的，拿饼来迎接逃避的。 15 因为他们逃避刀剑和出了鞘的刀，并上了弦的弓与刀兵的重灾。 16 主对我这样说：“一年之内，照雇工的年数，基达的一切荣耀必归于无有， 17 弓箭手所余剩的，就是基达人的勇士，必然稀少。因为这是耶和华以色列的神说的。”
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