{"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/dbt/isaiah/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:29:40.179Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 cometh from the desert, from a terrible land."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he cried as a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And behold, there cometh a chariot of men; horsemen by pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire; return, come."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The burden against Arabia. In the forest of Arabia shall ye lodge, ye caravans of Dedanites."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Bring ye water to meet the thirsty! The inhabitants of the land of Tema come forth with their bread for him that fleeth."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For they flee from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 21 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 21](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/21 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}