Isaiah 21:2

[So] hath, a grievous vision, been told me:—the deceiver, is deceiving. And the spoiler, is spoiling, Go up, O Elam Besiege O Media, All the sighing she hath caused, have I made to cease.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1The oracle on the desert of the sea: As storm-winds in the South which with a rush from the desert, do come from a terrible land,

3For this cause, are my loins filled with anguish, Pangs, have seized me, as the pangs of her that is giving birth,—I writhe so that I cannot hear, I tremble, so that I cannot see:

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Cross References

Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem, Elam and Asshur,—and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

Psalms 12:5Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,—I will place [him] in safety—let him puff at him!

Psalms 79:11Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee,—According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death.

Proverbs 13:15Sound discretion, yieldeth favour, but, the way of the treacherous, is rugged.

Isaiah 13:2Upon a bare mountain, lift ye up a standard, Raise high the voice to them, Wave the hand, That they may enter the doors of nobles.

Isaiah 14:1For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, And will yet choose Israel, And will give them rest upon their own soil,—And the sojourner, shall join himself, unto them, And they shall attach themselves unto the house of Jacob;

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:2-11

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 714.) 1 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. 2 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… Read the whole commentary →

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