Isaiah 21:4

Isaiah 21:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My mind reels and my heart races. I longed for evening to come, but now I am terrified of the dark.

Context of Isaiah 21:4

2A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end. 3Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see. My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling. 5They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield! 6For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.

Isaiah 21:4 word by word

תָּעָ֣ה לְבָבִ֔י פַּלָּצ֖וּת בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם לִ֖י לַחֲרָדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• pantedתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• fearfulnessפַּלָּצוּתpallâtsûth · shudderingH6427
• affrightedבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
• me: the nightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• of my pleasureחֵ֫שֶׁקchêsheq · desireH2837
• hath he turnedשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• into fearחֲרָדָהchărâdâh · tremblingH2731

Cross-references for Isaiah 21:4

• Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!
• 1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
• 2 Samuel 13:28Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant."
• Esther 5:12Then Haman said, "Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.
• Esther 7:6And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
• Job 21:11They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.
• Jeremiah 51:39While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, that they may become merry, then sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the Lord.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
• Nahum 1:10For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
• Luke 21:34"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Commentaries on Isaiah 21:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4My heart panted - Margin, My mind wandered.‘ The Hebrew word rendered panted‘ (תעה tâ‛âh ) means to wander about; to stagger; to be giddy; and is applied often to one that staggers by being intoxicated. Applied to the heart, it means that it is disquieted or troubled. The Hebrew word “heart” here is to be taken in the sense of “mind.” The night of my pleasure - There can be no doubt that the prophet here refers to the night of revelry and riot in which…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. panted--"is bewildered" [Barnes]. night of my pleasure--The prophet supposes himself one of the banqueters at Belshazzar's feast, on the night that Babylon was about to be taken by surprise; hence his expression, "my pleasure" (Is 14:11; Jr 51:39; Da 5:1-31).Read the comment

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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