Isaías 21:8

8 Entonces el centinela gritó: Oh Señor, de día estoy yo continuamente en la atalaya, y todas las noches permanezco en mi puesto de guardia.

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 así me ha dicho el Señor: Ve, pon centinela que dé aviso de lo que vea.

7 Cuando vea hombres montados, jinetes de dos en dos, filas de asnos, filas de camellos, que preste mucha atención, muchísima atención.

8 Entonces el centinela gritó: Oh Señor, de día estoy yo continuamente en la atalaya, y todas las noches permanezco en mi puesto de guardia.

9 He aquí, vienen hombres montados, jinetes de dos en dos. Y uno respondió, y dijo: Cayó, cayó Babilonia, y todas las imágenes de sus dioses están destrozadas sobre la tierra.

10 ¡Oh mi pueblo trillado y afligido de mi era! Lo que he oído del SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, os doy a conocer.

Footnotes

• [a] As en los M.M.M. y en la versin siriaca; en el T.M. Y grit como un len