Isaiah 21:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹Look! Here come chariots and horsemen in pairs.”
Then he said,
“Babylon has fallen! It has fallen!
All the idols they worship lie shattered on the ground.”

¹⁰You, my people, have been threshed and winnowed.^[a]
I make known to you what I heard from the Lord of Armies,
the God of Israel.

Someone Calling from Seir

¹¹This is the divine revelation about Dumah.^[b]

Someone is calling to me from Seir,
“Watchman, how much of the night is left?
Watchman, how much of the night is left?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

21:10 Threshing is the process of beating stalks to separate them from the grain. Winnowing is the process of separating husks from grain.
21:11 The exact location of Dumah is unknown.