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 guard cries out: “On the watchtower, O sovereign master, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night. 9Look what’s coming! A charioteer, a team of horses.” When questioned, he replies, “Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you. 11Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” 12The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”

Isaiah 21:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• O my threshingמְדֻשָֿׁהmedûshshâh · threshedH4098
• and the cornבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• of my floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• that which I have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• have I declaredנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046

Cross-references for Isaiah 21:10

• Isaiah 41:15“Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw.
• 2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops and trampled on them like dust.
• Jeremiah 51:33For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’
• Micah 4:13“Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion! For I will give you iron horns; I will give you bronze hooves, and you will crush many nations.” You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them, and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth.
• Habakkuk 3:12You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations.
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
• 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”
• Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
• Acts 20:26Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.

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
• Isaiah
• Persia
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• God
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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Lord of Hosts
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• Evil
• Ezekiel

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