Yǐsaìyàshū 21:1-10

1 Lún hǎi páng kuàngyĕ de mò shì . yǒu chóudí cóng kuàngyĕ , cóng kĕpà zhī dì ér lái , hǎoxiàng nánfāng de xuán fēng , mĕng rán sǎo guo .

2 Líng rén qī cǎn de yìxiàng , yǐ mò shì yú wǒ . guǐzhà de xíng guǐzhà , huǐmiè de xíng huǐmiè . Yǐlán nǎ , nǐ yào shang qù . Mǎdaì a , nǐ yào wéi kùn . zhǔ shuō , wǒ shǐ yīqiè tànxī zhǐ zhù .

3 Suǒyǐ wǒ mǎn yào téngtòng . tòngkǔ jiāng wǒ zhuāzhù , hǎoxiàng chǎn nán de fùrén yíyàng . wǒ téngtòng shènzhì bùnéng tīng . wǒ jīng huáng shènzhì bùnéng kàn .

4 Wǒ xīn huāng zhāng , jīngkǒng wēi xià wǒ , wǒ suǒ xiànmù de huánghūn , biàn wèi wǒde zhàn jīng .

5 Tāmen bǎishè yánxí , paì rén shǒu wàng , yòu chī yòu hē . shǒulǐng a , nǐmen qǐlai , yòng yóu mǒ dùnpái .

6 Zhǔ duì wǒ rúcǐ shuō , nǐ qù shèlì shǒu wàng de , shǐ tā jiāng suǒ kànjian de shùshuō .

7 Tā kànjian jūnduì , jiù shì qí mǎ de yī duì yī duì de lái , yòu kànjian lü duì , luòtuo duì , jiù yàozhāi ĕr xì tīng .

8 Tā xiàng shīzi hǒu jiào , shuō , Zhǔ a , wǒ bái rì cháng zhàn zaì wàng lóu shang , zhĕngyè lì zaì wǒ shǒu wàng suǒ .

9 Kàn nǎ , yǒu yī duì jūn bīng qí zhe mǎ , yī duì yī duì de lái . tā jiù shuō , Bābǐlún qīng dǎo89 le . qīng dǎo le , tā yīqiè diāokè de shénxiàng , dōu dǎ suì yú dì .

10 Wǒ beì dǎ de hé jià , wǒ chǎng shang de yù a , wǒ cóng wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén nàli suǒ tīngjian de , dōu gàosu nǐmen le .

Yǐsaìyàshū 21:1-10 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.