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Isaiah 21:6 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 21 · verse 6
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.Isaiah 21:6 · King James Version
Isaiah 21:6 in context
4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
6For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- watchmantsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- declarenâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- setʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- Goyâlakto walkH3212 →
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We had one burden of Babylon before (ch. 13); here we have another prediction of its fall. God saw fit thus to possess his people with the belief of this event by line upon line, because Babylon sometimes pretended to be a friend to them (as Isa 39:1), and God would hereby warn them not to trust to that friendship,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10