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Isaiah 21:8 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 21 · verse 8
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:Isaiah 21:8 · King James Version
Isaiah 21:8 in context
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.
10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- continuallytâmîydproperly, continuanceH8548 →
- watchtowermitspehan observatory, especially formilitary purposesH4707 →
- daytimeyôwmâmdailyH3119 →
- criedqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- lionʼărîya lionH738 →
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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