Isaiah 21
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Isaiah 21:6-11

6For thusH3541 the LordH136 saysH559 to me, “GoH1980, stationH5975 the lookoutH6822, let him 1reportH5046 whatH834 he seesH7200.7When he seesH7200 2ridersH7393, horsemenH6571 in pairsH6776, A trainH7393 of donkeysH2543, a trainH7393 of camelsH1581, Let him payH7181 closeH7182 attentionH7181, veryH7227 closeH7182 attentionH7182.” 8Then 3the lookoutH4707 calledH7121, “4O LordH136, I standH5975 continuallyH8548 by dayH3119 on the watchtowerH4707, And I am stationedH5324 everyH3605 nightH3915 at my guardH4931 postH4931.9Now beholdH2009, hereH2088 comesH935 a troopH376 of ridersH7393, horsemenH6571 in pairsH6776.” And one saidH559, “5FallenH5307, fallenH5307 is BabylonH894; And allH3605 the 6imagesH6456 of her godsH430 7are shatteredH7665 on the groundH776.”10O my 8threshedH4098 people, and my 9afflictedH1121 of the threshingH1637 floorH1637! WhatH834 I have heardH8085 from the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, The GodH430 of IsraelH3478, I makeH5046 knownH5046 to you.

11The 10oracleH4853 concerning 1112EdomH112. One keeps callingH7121 to me from 13SeirH8165, “WatchmanH8104, 14howH4100 far goneH4480 is the nightH3915? WatchmanH8104, 15howH4100 far goneH4480 is the nightH3915?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 21:6 2 Kin 9:17-20 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 21:7 Is 21:9 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 21:8 So DSS; M.T. he called like a lion ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 21:8 Hab 2:1 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 21:9 Is 13:19; 47:5, 9; 48:14; Jer 51:8; Rev 14:8; 18:2 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 21:9 Is 46:1; Jer 50:2; 51:44 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 21:10 Jer 51:33; Mic 4:13 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 21:10 Lit son ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 21:11 Or burden ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 21:11 So the Gr; Heb Dumah, silence ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 21:11 Gen 25:14 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 21:11 Gen 32:3 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night? ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night? ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 21

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