Isaiah 21

Isaiah · Chapter 21

Isaiah 21:13

1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.6For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:9And, 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.10O 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.11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?12The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.16For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:17And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[the] oracleמַשָּׂ֖אma-SA'H4853B
oracle

מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) utterance, oracle, burden

on Arabiaבַּעְרָ֑בba'-RAVH6152A
Arabia

עֲרַב (a.rav) Arabia, desert-plateau, steppe Another spelling of a.rav (עֲרָב "Arabia" H6152B)

in the thicket[s]בַּיַּ֤עַרbai-YA-'arH3293A
wood

יָעוֹר (ya.or) wood, forest, thicket, wooded height Another spelling of ya.ar (יַ֫עַר "wood" H3293A)

in Arabiaבַּעְרַב֙ba'-RAVH6152A
Arabia

עֲרַב (a.rav) Arabia, desert-plateau, steppe Another spelling of a.rav (עֲרָב "Arabia" H6152B)

you will lodgeתָּלִ֔ינוּta-LI-nuH3885A
to lodge

לוּן (lun) 1) to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lodge, pass the night 1a2) to abide, remain (fig.) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rest, lodge 1c) (Hithpalpel) to dwell, abide

O caravans ofאֹֽרְח֖וֹת'o-re-CHOTH0736
caravan

אֹרְחָה (o.re.chah) caravan, travelling company

Dedanitesדְּדָנִֽים׃de-da-NIMH1720
Dedanite

דְּדָנִי (de.da.nim) Group of de.dan (דְּדָן "Dedan" H1719A) § Dedanim = "low country" descendants or inhabitants of Dedan

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.