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Isaiah 21

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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The burden of the wilderness of the sea . ` Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come , From a fearful land.
This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea : Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev , an invader comes from the desert , from a land of terror .
A hard vision hath been declared to me , The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously , And the destroyer is destroying . Go up, O Elam , besiege , O Media , All its sighing I have caused to cease .
A dire vision is declared to me : The traitor still betrays , and the destroyer still destroys . Go up, O Elam ! Lay siege , O Media ! I will put an end to all her groaning .
Therefore filled have been my loins ` with ' great pain , Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman , I have been bent down by hearing , I have been troubled by seeing .
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me , like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear , I am dismayed to see .
Wandered hath my heart , trembling hath terrified me , The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower , Eat, drink , rise, ye heads , anoint the shield,
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet , they eat, they drink ! Rise up , O princes , oil the shields!
For thus said the Lord unto me: ` Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare . '
For this is what the Lord says to me: Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees .
And he hath seen a chariot -- a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass , the rider of a camel , And he hath given attention -- He hath increased attention!
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys , riders on camels , he must be alert, fully alert.”
And he crieth -- a lion , `On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights .
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day , my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post .
And lo, this , the chariot of a man is coming , A couple of horsemen. ' And he answereth and saith : ` Fallen, fallen hath Babylon , And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth.
Look , here come the riders , horsemen in pairs . And one answered, saying : Fallen, fallen is Babylon ! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
O my threshing , and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel , I have declared to you!'
O my people , crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel .
The burden of Dumah . Unto me is ` one ' calling from Seir ` Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? '
This is the burden against Dumah : One calls to me from Seir , Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?
The watchman hath said , `Come hath morning, and also night , If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come. '
The watchman replies , Morning has come , but also the night . If you would inquire, then inquire . Come back yet again .
The burden on Arabia . In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim .
This is the burden against Arabia : In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites .
To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema , With his bread they came before a fugitive .
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema ; meet the refugees with food .
For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword , And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle.
For they flee from the sword the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent , and from the stress of battle.
For thus said the Lord unto me: ` Within a year, as years of a hireling , Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.
For this is what the Lord says to me: Within one year, as a hired worker would count it , all the glory of Kedar will be gone .
And the remnant of the number of bow-men , The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few , For Jehovah , God of Israel, hath spoken !'
The remaining archers , the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD , the God of Israel, has spoken .

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