An Oracle against Philistia

28 In the year that King Ahaz died,(A) this oracle came:(B)

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A Prophecy Against the Philistines

28 This prophecy(A) came in the year(B) King Ahaz(C) died:

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An Oracle against Moab

15 An oracle against Moab:(A)

Ar in Moab is devastated,(B)
destroyed in a night.
Kir in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.

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A Prophecy Against Moab(A)

15 A prophecy(B) against Moab:(C)

Ar(D) in Moab is ruined,(E)
    destroyed in a night!
Kir(F) in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!

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An Oracle against Damascus

17 An oracle(A) against Damascus:(B)

Look, Damascus is no longer a city.
It has become a ruined heap.

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A Prophecy Against Damascus

17 A prophecy(A) against Damascus:(B)

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
    but will become a heap of ruins.(C)

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An Oracle against Egypt

19 An oracle(A) against Egypt:(B)

Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s idols will tremble before Him,(D)
and Egypt’s heart will melt within it.(E)

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A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.

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A Judgment on Babylon

21 An oracle(A) against the desert by the sea:(B)

Like storms that pass over the Negev,
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

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A Prophecy Against Babylon

21 A prophecy(A) against the Desert(B) by the Sea:

Like whirlwinds(C) sweeping through the southland,(D)
    an invader comes from the desert,
    from a land of terror.

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An Oracle against Dumah

11 An oracle(A) against Dumah:[a](B)

One calls to me from Seir,(C)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Some Hb mss, LXX read Edom

A Prophecy Against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(A)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(B)
    “Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.

An Oracle against Arabia

13 An oracle against Arabia:(A)

In the desert[a] brush
you will camp for the night,
you caravans of Dedanites.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:13 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read desert at evening

A Prophecy Against Arabia

13 A prophecy(A) against Arabia:(B)

You caravans of Dedanites,(C)
    who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

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An Oracle against Jerusalem

22 An oracle(A) against the Valley of Vision:(B)

What’s the matter with you?
Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?(C)

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A Prophecy About Jerusalem

22 A prophecy(A) against the Valley(B) of Vision:(C)

What troubles you now,
    that you have all gone up on the roofs,(D)

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An Oracle against Tyre

23 An oracle(A) against Tyre:(B)

Wail, ships of Tarshish,(C)
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Hb Kittim

A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)

Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

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An oracle(A) about the animals of the Negev:[a]

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,(B)
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.

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  1. Isaiah 30:6 Or Southland

A prophecy(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:(B)

Through a land of hardship and distress,(C)
    of lions(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(F) backs,
    their treasures(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

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