Isaiah 21:6

Isaiah 21:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For thus has the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”

Context of Isaiah 21:6

4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror. 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees. 7When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.” 8Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

Isaiah 21:6 word by word

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמֵ֣ד הַֽמְצַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִרְאֶ֖ה יַגִּֽיד׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• postעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• a lookoutצָפָהtsâphâh · to watchH6822
• have him reportנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• he seesרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Isaiah 21:6

• Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
• 2 Kings 9:17Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
• Jeremiah 51:12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
• Habakkuk 2:1I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

Commentaries on Isaiah 21:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Go, set a watchman - This was said to Isaiah in the vision. He represents himself as in Babylon, and as hearing God command him to set a watchman on the watch-tower who would announce what was to come to pass. All this is designed merely to bring the manner of the destruction of the city more vividly before the eye.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth--God's direction to Isaiah to set a watchman to "declare" what he sees. But as in Is 21:10, Isaiah himself is represented as the one who "declared." Horsley makes him the "watchman," and translates, "Come, let him who standeth on the watchtower report what he seeth."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 21:6

• Babylon
• Isaiah
• Persia
• Watchman

In the dictionaries

• Anoint
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• Watches
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Habakkuk
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• Watchman
• Babel

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