Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

9 And behold there cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs; and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the (graven) images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

10 O my threshing, and the son of my (threshing) ﬂoor; that which I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

11 The burden of Dumah.

One crieth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what (hour) of the night? Watchman, what (hour) of the night?

12 The watchman said, Morning cometh, and also night. If ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.

13 The burden upon Arabia.

In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, ye caravans of Dedanim.

14 Bring ye water, to meet him that is thirsty; the inhabitants of the land of Tema welcome the fugitive with his bread.

15 For they are fugitives from the face of the swords, from the face of the drawn sword, and of the bent bow, and of the weight of war.

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, as the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall be consumed;

[*](7. Or, ‘and should he see...let him hearken,’ continuing the Word for ‘troop’ means also ‘a rider.)[*](11. Or, ‘what (cometh out) of the Right?)[*](13. ‘ upon ’ ‘in ’ Less prob. ‘in the ’)[*](15. ‘drawn,’ or ‘brandished’: ‘weight,’ i.e. pressure.)

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17 And the remnant of the number of bows, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.