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Isaiah 21:6
6This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, “Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees.
Context of Isaiah 21:6
4My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me. 5They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields! 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 horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert.” 8And the lookout shouted, “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
Read all of Isaiah 21Isaiah 21:6 word by word
כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמֵ֣ד הַֽמְצַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִרְאֶ֖ה יַגִּֽיד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 21:6
- Isaiah 62:6I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,
- 2 Kings 9:17When the lookout standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.” “Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’ ”
- Jeremiah 51:12Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The Lord will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
- Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,
- Habakkuk 2:1I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
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
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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
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