Isaiah 21:4 - Easy To Read Version I am worried and I am shaking from fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My mind reels and wanders, horror terrifies me. [In my mind's eye I am at the feast of Belshazzar. I see the defilement of the golden vessels taken from God's temple, I watch the handwriting appear on the wall–I know that Babylon's great king is to be slain.] The twilight I looked forward to with pleasure has been turned into fear and trembling for me. [Dan. 5.] American Standard Version (1901) My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me. Common English Bible My heart pounds; convulsions overpower me. He has turned my evening of pleasure into dread— Catholic Public Domain Version My heart withered. The darkness stupefied me. Babylon, my beloved, has become a wonder to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me. |
“And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to be with the king at the party she gave. And the Queen has also invited me to be with the king again tomorrow.
Oh, I wish I had wings like a dove.\par I would fly away\par and find a place to rest.\par
Oh, my sadness and worry is making\par my stomach hurt.\par I am bent over in pain.\par Oh, I am so scared.\par My heart is pounding inside me.\par I can’t keep quiet. Why?\par Because I have heard the trumpet blow.\par The trumpet is calling the army to war!\par
Those people are acting like powerful lions.\par I will give a party for them.\par I will make them drunk.\par They will laugh and have a good time.\par And then they will sleep forever.\par They will never wake up.”\par
I will make Babylon’s wise men\par and important officials drunk.\par I will make the governors, officers,\par and soldiers drunk too.\par Then they will sleep forever.\par They will never wake up.”\par The King said these things.\par His name is the Lord All-Powerful.\par
King Belshazzar gave a big party for 1,000 of his officials. The king was drinking wine with them.
That very same night, Belshazzar, king of the Babylonian people, was killed.
Then all of a sudden, a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the wall. The fingers scratched words into the plaster on the wall. The hand wrote on the wall there in the king’s house near the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.
You will be completely destroyed\par like thorn bushes burning under a pot.\par You will be destroyed quickly\par like dry weeds that burn fast.\par
In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ In the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’ Why? Because of the fear that will be in your heart, and because of the bad things you will see.
The Lord was like an eagle to Israel. An eagle pushes her babies from the nest {to teach them to fly}. She flies with her babies to protect them. She spreads her wings to catch them {when they fall}. And she carries them on her wings {to a safe place}. The Lord is like that.