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Isaiah 21:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A pronouncement  concerning the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

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‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons,  and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies.


The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.


A pronouncement  concerning Babylon  that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:


Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will fly like lightning. The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn and advance with the southern storms.


A pronouncement  concerning Damascus: Look, Damascus is no longer a city. It has become a ruined heap.


‘At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him  with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries and sweep through them like a flood.


Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations,  cut it down and left it lying. Its limbs fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. All the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.


He along with his people, ruthless men from the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.


The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.


Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows strung. Their horses’ hooves are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.


I looked, and there was a whirlwind  coming from the north, a huge cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the centre of the fire, there was a gleam like amber.


You, all of your troops, and many peoples with you will advance, coming like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.


Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the  Lord of Armies, on the day of his burning anger.


For the Lord will have compassion  on Jacob and will choose Israel again.  He will settle them on their own land.  The resident foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.


I will ascend above the highest clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’


‘Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoilt.


This is what the Lord says: I am about to rouse the spirit of a destroyer  against Babylon and against the population of Leb-qamai.  ,


We are ashamed because we have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the  Lord’s temple.





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