Isaías 21:5-15

5 Ponen la mesa, extienden el mantel, comen, beben. ¡Levantaos, capitanes, engrasad los escudos!,

6 porque así me ha dicho el Señor: Ve, pon centinela que dé aviso de lo que vea.

7 Cuando vea hombres montados, jinetes de dos en dos, filas de asnos, filas de camellos, que preste mucha atención, muchísima atención.

8 Entonces el centinela gritó: Oh Señor, de día estoy yo continuamente en la atalaya, y todas las noches permanezco en mi puesto de guardia.

9 He aquí, vienen hombres montados, jinetes de dos en dos. Y uno respondió, y dijo: Cayó, cayó Babilonia, y todas las imágenes de sus dioses están destrozadas sobre la tierra.

10 ¡Oh mi pueblo trillado y afligido de mi era! Lo que he oído del SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, os doy a conocer.

11 Profecía sobre Edom. Alguien sigue llamándome desde Seir: Centinela, ¿qué hora es de la noche? Centinela, ¿qué hora es de la noche?

12 El centinela responde: Viene la mañana y también la noche. Si queréis preguntar, preguntad; volved otra vez.

13 Profecía sobre Arabia. En las espesuras de Arabia pasad la noche, caravanas de dedanitas.

14 Traed agua para el sediento, habitantes de la tierra de Tema, salid con pan al encuentro del fugitivo.

15 Porque han huido ante las espadas, ante la espada desnuda, ante el arco tendido y ante la violencia de la batalla.

Isaías 21:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 21

This chapter contains prophecies against Babylon, Idumea, and Arabia. The prophecy against Babylon is called "the burden of the desert of the sea"; whose enemies are described by the fierce manner of their coming, and by the land from whence they came, Isa 21:1 which vision being declared to the prophet, is called a grievous one; what made it so was treachery among themselves; and the Medes and Persians are invited to besiege them, Isa 21:2 their terror and distress upon it are represented by the pains of a woman in travail, whom the prophet personates, Isa 21:3,4 and by the methods they took to defend themselves, to which they were alarmed, when in the greatest security and jollity, Isa 21:5 all which is illustrated by the vision of the watchman, who saw the Medes and Persians on the march, signified by a chariot and a couple of horsemen, who declares the fall of Babylon, and the destruction of its gods, Isa 21:6-9 which would issue in the good and comfort of the church and people of God, Isa 21:10 then follows the prophecy against Idumea, which consists of a question put to the watchman, and his answer to it; to which an exhortation is added, Isa 21:11,12 and the chapter concludes with another prophecy against Arabia: the calamities threatened are lodging in a forest, thirst, famine, and fleeing from the sword Isa 21:13-15, and the time is fixed when all this should be, by which their glory would fail, and the number of their archers and mighty men be lessened; for the confirmation of which the divine testimony is annexed, Isa 21:16,17.

Footnotes

• [a]. As en los M.M.M. y en la versin siriaca; en el T.M. Y grit como un len