{"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/drb/isaiah/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:52:38.966Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully : and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the eight? watchman, what of the night? "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 21 (DRB)","markdown":"[Isaiah 21](https://primebible.com/drb/isaiah/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/isaiah/21 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}