Isaiah 21
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Isaiah 21:2-9

2A 1harshH7186 visionH2380 has been shownH5046 to me; The 2treacherousH898 one still dealsH898 treacherouslyH898, and the destroyerH7703 still destroysH7703. GoH5927 upH5927, 3ElamH5867, layH6696 siegeH6696, MediaH4074; I have putH7673 anH7673 endH7673 toH7673 allH3605 4the groaningH603 she has caused.3ForH5921 thisH5921H3651 reasonH5921H3651 my 5loinsH4975 are fullH4390 of anguishH2479; PainsH6735 have seizedH270 me like the painsH6735 of a 6woman inH3205 laborH3205. I am soH4480 bewilderedH5753 I cannotH4480 hearH8085, soH4480 terrifiedH926 I cannotH4480 seeH7200.4My 7mindH3824 reelsH8582, 8horrorH6427 overwhelmsH1204 me; The twilightH5399 I longedH2837 for has been 9turnedH7760 into tremblingH2731 for me.5They 10setH6186 the tableH7979, they 11spreadH6823 outH6823 the clothH6844, they eatH398, they drinkH8354; “RiseH6965 upH6965, captainsH8269, oilH4886 the shieldsH4043!” 6For thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 saysH559 to me: “GoH1980, stationH5975 the lookoutH6822, have him 12reportH5046 whatH834 he seesH7200.7When he seesH7200 13a 14columnH7393 of chariotsH7393, horsemenH6571 in pairsH6776, A trainH7393 of donkeysH2543, a trainH7393 of camelsH1581, He is to payH7181 closeH7182 attentionH7181, veryH7227 closeH7182 attentionH7182.” 8Then 15the lookoutH4707 calledH7121, “16LordH136, 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, “17FallenH5307, fallenH5307 is BabylonH894; And allH3605 the 18imagesH6456 of her godsH430 19are shatteredH7665 on the groundH776.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 21:2 Ps 60:3 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 21:2 Is 24:16; 33:1 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 21:2 Is 22:6; Jer 49:34 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 21:3 Is 13:8; 16:11 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 21:3 Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; 26:17; 1 Thess 5:3 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 21:4 Deut 28:67 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 21:5 Jer 51:39, 57; Dan 5:1-4 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 21:6 2 Kin 9:17-20 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 21:7 Or riders ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 21:7 Is 21:9 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 21:8 As in DSS; MT he called like a lion ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 21:8 Hab 2:1 ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 21:9 Is 13:19; 47:5, 9; 48:14; Jer 51:8; Rev 14:8; 18:2 ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 21:9 Is 46:1; Jer 50:2; 51:44 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 21

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