Parallel Bible results for "isaiah 21:11-17"

Isaiah 21:11-17

11 An oracle about Dumah. Someone is calling to me from Seir: "Guard, how long is the night? Guard, how long is the night?"

11 A prophecy against Dumah : Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

12 The guard said, "Morning has come, but it is still night. If you must inquire, inquire; come back again."

12 The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.”

13 An oracle about the desert. In the woods, in the desert where you camp, caravans of the Dedanites

13 A prophecy against Arabia: You caravans of Dedanites, who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

14 meet the thirsty with water; inhabitants of the land of Tema greet the refugees with bread.

14 bring water for the thirsty; you who live in Tema, bring food for the fugitives.

15 They have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the intensity of battle.

15 They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.

16 So the Lord said to me: Within a year, according to the number of years for which a laborer is hired, all the glory of Kedar will end;

16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

17 there will be few Kedarite archers remaining. The LORD God of Israel has spoken.

17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.