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Isaiah 21:6
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4 My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me;
aThe night for which I longed He turned into fear for me. 
5 aPrepare the table,
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield! 
6 For thus has the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”
7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen,
A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels,
And he listened earnestly with great care.
8 1Then he cried, “A lion, my Lord!
I stand continually on the awatchtower in the daytime;
I have sat at my post every night. 
9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!”
Then he answered and said,
a“Babylon is fallen, is fallen!
And ball the carved images of her gods
He has broken to the ground.” 
10 aOh, 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.  

Proclamation Against Edom

11 aThe1 burden against Dumah.
He calls to me out of bSeir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?” 
Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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Isaiah 21:6

Go, 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.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 21:6:

Isaiah 21:11
Isaiah 56:10
Isaiah 62:6

 

<< Isaiah 21:5   Isaiah 21:7 >>

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