{"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/erv/isaiah/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:41:41.576Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A 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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart panteth, horror hath affrighted me: the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, 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 when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"O thou my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto 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 ye: turn ye, come."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanites."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For they fled away 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 an hireling, 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 children of Kedar, shall be few: for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath spoken it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 21 (ERV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 21](https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/21 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}