Isaiah 21:15
“For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.”
Isaiah 21:15 — King James Version
Verse 15 of 17 in Isaiah chapter 21 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Isaiah 21:15 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of battle.”
- American Standard Version
- “For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.”
Isaiah 21 — full chapter (King James Version)
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. A grievous is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O : besiege, O ; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 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. My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the . For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. And he saw a with a couple of horsemen, a of asses, and a of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: And he cried, A : My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: And, behold, here cometh a of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of , have I declared unto you. The burden of . He calleth to me out of , Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. The burden upon . In the forest in shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of . The inhabitants of the land of brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. For they fled from the swords, from the drawn , and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the of shall fail: And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of , shall be diminished: for the LORD God of hath spoken it.