Verse 6

Isaiah 21:6

World English Bible

6 For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖/י אֲדֹנָ֑/י לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמֵ֣ד הַֽ/מְצַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִרְאֶ֖ה יַגִּֽיד

English Translation

For so says my Lord: Go, set the watchman who will see and announce.

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Chapter 21 Context

1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the... Focus ↗

2 A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer dest... Focus ↗

3 Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman... Focus ↗

4 My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembl... Focus ↗

5 They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shie... Focus ↗

6 For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.

7 When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen dili... Focus ↗

8 He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I... Focus ↗

9 Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and... Focus ↗

10 You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the... Focus ↗

11 The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of th... Focus ↗

12 The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back a... Focus ↗

13 The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of Dedanites. Focus ↗

14 They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives wit... Focus ↗

15 For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the heat of ba... Focus ↗

16 For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory... Focus ↗

17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few;... Focus ↗

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