Isaiah 21:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 21:6

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?”

12 The watchman said,
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”

Verse Comparison: Isaiah 21:6

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American Standard Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

Amplified® Bible
For thus has the Lord said to me: Go, set [yourself as] a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to me, "Send guards to find out what's going on.

Darby English Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

Good News Bible
Then the Lord said to me, "Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees.

King James Version
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

New American Standard Bible
For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.

New International Version
This is what the Lord says to me:
"Go, post a lookout
and have him report what he sees.

New King James Version
For thus has the Lord said to me:
“ Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees.

Revised Standard Version
For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.

Young's Literal Translation
For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'

New English Translation
For this is what the sovereign master¹ has told me: “Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

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