Isaías 21:8

8 Então clamou aquele que viu: Senhor, sobre a torre de vigia estou em pé continuamente de dia, e de guarda me ponho todas as noites.

Isaías 21:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 21:8

And he cried, a lion
That is, the watchman cried, a lion, or that he saw a lion; not Uriah the priest, as the Septuagint; nor Habakkuk, as some Jewish writers; but Cyrus, at the head of the Persian and Median armies, compared to a lion for his fierceness, courage, and strength; see ( 2 Timothy 4:17 ) a type of Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, by whom antichrist, or mystical Babylon, will be destroyed, ( Revelation 5:5 ) . The Targum is,

``the prophet said, the voice of armies, coming with coats of mail, as a lion.''

Aben Ezra interprets it, the watchman cried as a lion, with a great voice; upon sight of the chariots and horsemen, he lifted up his voice, and roared like a lion, to express the terror he was in, and the greatness of the calamity that was coming upon the city. I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime:
so that nothing could escape his notice: and I am set in my ward whole nights:
which expresses his diligence, vigilance, and constancy, in the discharge of his duty; and therefore what he said he saw might be depended on.

Isaías 21:8 In-Context

6 Porque assim me disse o Senhor: Vai, põe uma sentinela; e ela que diga o que vir.

7 Quando vir uma tropa de cavaleiros de dois a dois, uma tropa de jumentos, ou uma tropa de camelos, escute a sentinela atentamente com grande cuidado.

8 Então clamou aquele que viu: Senhor, sobre a torre de vigia estou em pé continuamente de dia, e de guarda me ponho todas as noites.

9 E eis aqui agora vem uma tropa de homens, cavaleiros de dois a dois. Então ele respondeu e disse: Caiu, caiu Babilônia; e todas as imagens esculpidas de seus deuses são despedaçadas até o chão.

10 Ah, malhada minha, e trigo da minha eira! o que ouvi do Senhor dos exércitos, Deus de Israel, isso vos tenho anunciado.