{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T23:35:23.760Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman that travails: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear to me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thus has the LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with much heed:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And, behold, here comes 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 has broken to the ground."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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 to you."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: return, come."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanim."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 21 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 21](https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/21 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}