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CHAPTER 20
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought
against Ashdod, and took it;
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At the same time spake the L
ORD
by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying,
Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so,
walking naked and barefoot.
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And the L
ORD
said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked
and barefoot three years
for
a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
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So shall the king
of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked
and barefoot, even with
their
buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
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And they shall be afraid
and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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And the inhabitant of this
isle shall say in that day, Behold, such
is
our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered
from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
CHAPTER 21
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through;
so
it cometh from the
desert, from a terrible land.
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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.
3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me,
as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing
of it;
I was dismayed at
the seeing
of it.
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he
turned into fear unto me.
5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,
and
anoint the shield.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare
what he seeth.
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And he saw a chariot
with
a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses,
and
a chariot
of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
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And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand
continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
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And,
behold, here cometh a chariot of men,
with
a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the L
ORD
of hosts, the God
of Israel, have I declared unto you.
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman,
what of the night?
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire,
enquire ye: return, come.
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The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of
Dedanim.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented
with their bread him that fled.
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from
the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a
year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
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And the residue
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