One Year Chronological Bible Sampler - Flipbook - Page 77
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JULY 16
Meanwhile, the Lord said to me,
“Put a watchman on the city wall.
Let him shout out what he sees.
He should look for chariots
drawn by pairs of horses,
and for riders on donkeys and camels.
Let the watchman be fully alert.”
Then the watchman* called out,
“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.
Night after night I have remained at my post.
Now at last—look!
Here comes a man in a chariot
with a pair of horses!”
Then the watchman said,
“Babylon is fallen, fallen!
All the idols of Babylon
lie broken on the ground!”
O my people, threshed and winnowed,
I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,
everything the God of Israel has told me.
A Message about Edom / Isaiah 21:11-12
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This message came to me concerning Edom*:
Someone from Edom* keeps calling to me,
“Watchman, how much longer until morning?
When will the night be over?”
The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but night will soon return.
If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
A Message about Arabia / Isaiah 21:13-17
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This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.
O people of Tema,
bring water to these thirsty people,
food to these weary refugees.
They have fled from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.
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The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day,* all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. 17Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the
LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!”
21:8 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads a lion. 21:11a Hebrew Dumah, which means
“silence” or “stillness.” It is a wordplay on the word Edom.
21:11b Hebrew Seir, another name for Edom.
21:16 Hebrew Within a year, as a servant bound by contract would count it. Some ancient manuscripts read Within three
years, as in 16:14.
