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 watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post. 9Now at last—look! Here comes a man in a chariot with a pair of horses!” Then the watchman said, “Babylon is fallen, fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!” O my people, threshed and winnowed, I have told you everything the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said, everything the God of Israel has told me. 11This message came to me concerning Edom: Someone from Edom keeps calling to me, “Watchman, how much longer until morning? When will the night be over?” 12The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but night will soon return. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”

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 41:15You will be a new threshing instrument with many sharp teeth. You will tear your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains.
• 2 Kings 13:7Finally, Jehoahaz’s army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Aram had killed the others, trampling them like dust under his feet.
• Jeremiah 51:33This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor, about to be trampled. In just a little while her harvest will begin.”
• Micah 4:13“Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!” says the Lord. “For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves, so you can trample many nations to pieces. You will present their stolen riches to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.”
• Habakkuk 3:12You marched across the land in anger and trampled the nations in your fury.
• Matthew 3:12He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”
• 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what the Lord tells me to say.”
• Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately.
• Acts 20:26I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,

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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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