Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(A)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (B)images of her gods [a]are shattered on the ground.”
10 My (C)downtrodden people, and my [b]afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from the Lord of armies,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.

Pronouncements about Edom and Arabia

11 The pronouncement concerning [c](D)Edom:

One keeps calling to me from (E)Seir,
“Watchman, [d]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [e]how far gone is the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
  2. Isaiah 21:10 Lit son
  3. Isaiah 21:11 As in LXX; MT Dumah, silence
  4. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
  5. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?

Look, here comes a man in a chariot(A)
    with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
    ‘Babylon(B) has fallen,(C) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(D)
    lie shattered(E) on the ground!’”

10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(F)
    I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
    from the God of Israel.

A Prophecy Against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(G)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(H)
    “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.