Isaiah 21:10

Isaiah 21:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.

Context of Isaiah 21:10

8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post. 9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel. 11This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” 12The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

Isaiah 21:10 word by word

מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י וּבֶן־גָּרְנִ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי מֵאֵ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הִגַּ֥דְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• O my peopleבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• crushedמְדֻשָֿׁהmedûshshâh · threshedH4098
• on the threshing floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• I tellנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• fromאֵת'êth · withH854
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of Hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Isaiah 21:10

• Isaiah 41:15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
• 2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
• Jeremiah 51:33For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
• Micah 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
• Habakkuk 3:12You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
• 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
• Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
• Acts 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Commentaries on Isaiah 21:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10O my threshing - "O thou, the object upon which I shall exercise the severity of my discipline; that shalt lie under my afflicting hand, like corn spread upon the floor to be threshed out and winnowed, to separate the chaff from the wheat!" The image of threshing is frequently used by the Hebrew poets, with great elegance and force, to express the punishment of the wicked and the trial of the good, or the utter dispersion and destruction of God's enemies…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10O my threshing - The words to thresh,‘ to tread down,‘ etc., are often used in the Scriptures to denote punishments inflicted on the enemies of God. An expression likes this occurs in Jeremiah 51:33, in describing the destruction of Babylon: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor; it is time to thresh her.‘ In regard to the mode of threshing among the Hebrews, and the pertinency of this image to the destruction of the enemies of God, see the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10O my people: The focus returned to the people of Judah. The Babylonians would oppress (thresh and winnow) Judah, but Babylon would also fall. I tell you what I have heard: The prophet faithfully reported what the Lord revealed to him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. my threshing--that is, my people (the Jews) trodden down by Babylon. corn of my floor--Hebrew, "my son of the floor," that is, my people, treated as corn laid on the floor for threshing; implying, too, that by affliction, a remnant (grain) would be separated from the ungodly (chaff) [Maurer]. Horsley translates, "O thou object of my unremitting prophetic pains." See Is 28:27, 28. Some, from Jr 51:33, make Babylon the object of the threshing; but…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 21:10

• Babylon
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Commentaries on Isaiah 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings