Esaïe 21.4
New International Version

Prophétie sur la prise de Babylone

¹ A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:
Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,
an invader comes from the desert,
from a land of terror.

² A dire vision has been shown to me:
The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot.
Elam, attack! Media, lay siege!
I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

³ At this my body is racked with pain,
pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;
I am staggered by what I hear,
I am bewildered by what I see.

⁴ My heart falters,
fear makes me tremble;
the twilight I longed for
has become a horror to me.

⁵ They set the tables,
they spread the rugs,
they eat, they drink!
Get up, you officers,
oil the shields!
⁶ This is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, post a lookout
and have him report what he sees.

⁷ When he sees chariots
with teams of horses,
riders on donkeys
or riders on camels,
let him be alert,
fully alert.”
⁸ And the lookout shouted,
“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
every night I stay at my post.

⁹ Look, here comes a man in a chariot
with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen!
All the images of its gods
lie shattered on the ground!’ ”

¹⁰ My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,
I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
from the God of Israel.

Prophétie contre Édom et l’Arabie

¹¹ A prophecy against Dumah:
Someone calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”

¹² The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
and come back yet again.”
¹³ A prophecy against Arabia:
You caravans of Dedanites,
who camp in the thickets of Arabia,

¹⁴ bring water for the thirsty;
you who live in Tema,
bring food for the fugitives.

¹⁵ They flee from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and from the heat of battle.
¹⁶ This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
¹⁷ The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.