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Isaiah 21:7 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 21 · verse 7
And 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:Isaiah 21:7 · King James Version
Isaiah 21:7 in context
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:
9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- diligentlyqesheba hearkeningH7182 →
- hearkenedqâshabto prick up the earsH7181 →
- horsemenpârâsha steedH6571 →
- chariotrekeba vehicleH7393 →
- coupletsemedhence, an acreH6776 →
- camelsgâmâla camelH1581 →
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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