--- title: Isaiah 21 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Isaiah chapter 21 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/) / chapter 21 # Isaiah 21 17 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [21:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.1/) — מַשָּׂא מִדְבַּר־יָם כְּסוּפוֹת בַּנֶּגֶב לַֽחֲלֹף מִמִּדְבָּר בָּא מֵאֶרֶץ נוֹרָאָֽה׃ — The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land. - [21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.2/) — חָזוּת קָשָׁה הֻגַּד־לִי הַבּוֹגֵד ׀ בּוֹגֵד וְהַשּׁוֹדֵד ׀ שׁוֹדֵד עֲלִי עֵילָם צוּרִי מָדַי כָּל־אַנְחָתָה הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃ — A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam! besiege, O Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.' - [21:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.3/) — עַל־כֵּן מָלְאוּ מָתְנַי חַלְחָלָה צִירִים אֲחָזוּנִי כְּצִירֵי יֽוֹלֵדָה נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ נִבְהַלְתִּי מֵרְאֽוֹת׃ — Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see. - [21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.4/) — תָּעָה לְבָבִי פַּלָּצוּת בִּֽעֲתָתְנִי אֵת נֶשֶׁף חִשְׁקִי שָׂם לִי לַחֲרָדָֽה׃ — My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling. - [21:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.5/) — עָרֹךְ הַשֻּׁלְחָן צָפֹה הַצָּפִית אָכוֹל שָׁתֹה קוּמוּ הַשָּׂרִים מִשְׁחוּ מָגֵֽן׃פ — They prepare the table, they light the lamps, they eat, they drink — 'Rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.' - [21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.6/) — כִּי כֹה אָמַר אֵלַי אֲדֹנָי לֵךְ הַעֲמֵד הַֽמְצַפֶּה אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה יַגִּֽיד׃ — For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth! - [21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.7/) — וְרָאָה רֶכֶב צֶמֶד פָּֽרָשִׁים רֶכֶב חֲמוֹר רֶכֶב גָּמָל וְהִקְשִׁיב קֶשֶׁב רַב־קָֽשֶׁב׃ — And when he seeth a troop, horsemen by pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed. - [21:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.8/) — וַיִּקְרָא אַרְיֵה עַל־מִצְפֶּה ׀ אֲדֹנָי אָנֹכִי עֹמֵד תָּמִיד יוֹמָם וְעַל־מִשְׁמַרְתִּי אָנֹכִי נִצָּב כָּל־הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃ — And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.' - [21:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.9/) — וְהִנֵּה־זֶה בָא רֶכֶב אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּֽרָשִׁים וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמֶר נָפְלָה נָֽפְלָה בָּבֶל וְכָל־פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֶיהָ שִׁבַּר לָאָֽרֶץ׃ — And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. And he spoke and said: 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.' - [21:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.10/) — מְדֻשָׁתִי וּבֶן־גָּרְנִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִגַּדְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃ס — O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. - [21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.11/) — מַשָּׂא דּוּמָה אֵלַי קֹרֵא מִשֵּׂעִיר שֹׁמֵר מַה־מִלַּיְלָה שֹׁמֵר מַה־מִלֵּֽיל׃ — The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir: 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?' - [21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.12/) — אָמַר שֹׁמֵר אָתָה בֹקֶר וְגַם־לָיְלָה אִם־תִּבְעָיוּן בְּעָיוּ שֻׁבוּ אֵתָֽיוּ׃ס — The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night — if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.' - [21:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.13/) — מַשָּׂא בַּעְרָב בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ אֹֽרְחוֹת דְּדָנִֽים׃ — The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites. - [21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.14/) — לִקְרַאת צָמֵא הֵתָיוּ מָיִם יֹשְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ תֵּימָא בְּלַחְמוֹ קִדְּמוּ נֹדֵֽד׃ — Unto him that is thirsty bring ye water! The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread. - [21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.15/) — כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵי חֲרָבוֹת נָדָדוּ מִפְּנֵי ׀ חֶרֶב נְטוּשָׁה וּמִפְּנֵי קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה וּמִפְּנֵי כֹּבֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ס — For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. - [21:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.16/) — כִּי־כֹה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי אֵלָי בְּעוֹד שָׁנָה כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר וְכָלָה כָּל־כְּבוֹד קֵדָֽר׃ — For thus hath the Lord said unto me: 'Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail; - [21:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.17/) — וּשְׁאָר מִסְפַּר־קֶשֶׁת גִּבּוֹרֵי בְנֵֽי־קֵדָר יִמְעָטוּ כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּבֵּֽר׃ס — and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.' - ← previous: [Isaiah 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/20/) - next →: [Isaiah 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/22/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/)