Isaiah 21:4

Isaiah 21:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.

Context of Isaiah 21:4

2A harsh vision has been shown to me: “The traitor betrays, and the plunderer plunders. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.” 3Therefore my body is filled with pain. Pangs have taken hold of me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bewildered by what I hear, terrified by what I see. My heart is bewildered, terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling. 5Set the table, spread out the cloth! Eat! Drink! “Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!” 6For Adonai has said to me. “Go, post a watchman— let him declare what he sees!

Isaiah 21:4 word by word

תָּעָ֣ה לְבָבִ֔י פַּלָּצ֖וּת בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם לִ֖י לַחֲרָדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• pantedתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• fearfulnessפַּלָּצוּתpallâtsûth · shudderingH6427
• affrightedבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
• me: the nightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• of my pleasureחֵ֫שֶׁקchêsheq · desireH2837
• hath he turnedשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• into fearחֲרָדָהchărâdâh · tremblingH2731

Cross-references for Isaiah 21:4

• Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning— so they may pursue liquor, who stay up late at night, until wine inflames them!
• 1 Samuel 25:36Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was holding a banquet in his house like that of a king—Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was quite drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.
• 2 Samuel 13:28Then Absalom commanded his young men saying, “Now watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine. When I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then put him to death! Have no fear! Isn’t it I who commanded you? Be strong! Be sons of valor!”
• Esther 5:12Haman added, “And that’s not all! Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to a banquet that she prepared. And she has also invited me along with the king tomorrow.
• Esther 7:6Esther replied, “The man—the adversary and foe—is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
• Job 21:11They send out their little ones like a flock and their children dance.
• Jeremiah 51:39When they become hot, I will set out a banquet for them and will make them so drunk that they become merry— and then sleep a perpetual sleep and never awake.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and was drinking wine in front of the thousand.
• Nahum 1:10For even like tangled thorns they will be consumed, or like drunkards who are drunk, or like stubble that is fully dry.
• Luke 21:34“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Commentaries on Isaiah 21:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4My heart panted - Margin, My mind wandered.‘ The Hebrew word rendered panted‘ (תעה tâ‛âh ) means to wander about; to stagger; to be giddy; and is applied often to one that staggers by being intoxicated. Applied to the heart, it means that it is disquieted or troubled. The Hebrew word “heart” here is to be taken in the sense of “mind.” The night of my pleasure - There can be no doubt that the prophet here refers to the night of revelry and riot in which…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. panted--"is bewildered" [Barnes]. night of my pleasure--The prophet supposes himself one of the banqueters at Belshazzar's feast, on the night that Babylon was about to be taken by surprise; hence his expression, "my pleasure" (Is 14:11; Jr 51:39; Da 5:1-31).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