Yǐsaìyàshū 21:4

4 Wǒ xīn huāng zhāng , jīngkǒng wēi xià wǒ , wǒ suǒ xiànmù de huánghūn , biàn wèi wǒde zhàn jīng .

Yǐsaìyàshū 21:4 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 21:4

My heart panted
Fluttered about, and could hardly keep its place: or, "my mind wandered" ^F18; like a person in distraction and confusion, that knew not what to think say or do: fearfulness affrighted me;
the terror of Cyrus's army seized him, of its irruption into the city, and of his being destroyed by it; the writing on the wall threw him into a panic, and the news of the Medes and Persians being entered the city increased it: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me;
in which he promised himself so much pleasure, at a feast he had made for his princes, wives, and concubines; either in honour of his god, as some think ^F19, being an annual one; or, as Josephus ben Gorion ^F20 says, on account of the victory he had obtained over the Medes and Persians; and so was quite secure, and never in the least thought of destruction being at hand; but in the midst of all his revelling, mirth, and jollity, the city was surprised and taken, and he slain, ( Daniel 5:1 Daniel 5:30 ) . So mystical Babylon, in the midst of her prosperity, while she is saying that she sits a queen, and knows no sorrow, her judgment and plagues shall come upon her, ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (ybbl het) "erravit cor meum", Montanus; "errat animus meus", Junius & Tremellius; "errat cor meum", Piscator.
F19 Vid. Herodot. l. 1. c. 191. Xenophon. l. 7. c. 23.
F20 L. 1. c. 5. p. 24. Ed. Braithaupt.

Yǐsaìyàshū 21:4 In-Context

2 Líng rén qī cǎn de yìxiàng , yǐ mò shì yú wǒ . guǐzhà de xíng guǐzhà , huǐmiè de xíng huǐmiè . Yǐlán nǎ , nǐ yào shang qù . Mǎdaì a , nǐ yào wéi kùn . zhǔ shuō , wǒ shǐ yīqiè tànxī zhǐ zhù .

3 Suǒyǐ wǒ mǎn yào téngtòng . tòngkǔ jiāng wǒ zhuāzhù , hǎoxiàng chǎn nán de fùrén yíyàng . wǒ téngtòng shènzhì bùnéng tīng . wǒ jīng huáng shènzhì bùnéng kàn .

4 Wǒ xīn huāng zhāng , jīngkǒng wēi xià wǒ , wǒ suǒ xiànmù de huánghūn , biàn wèi wǒde zhàn jīng .

5 Tāmen bǎishè yánxí , paì rén shǒu wàng , yòu chī yòu hē . shǒulǐng a , nǐmen qǐlai , yòng yóu mǒ dùnpái .

6 Zhǔ duì wǒ rúcǐ shuō , nǐ qù shèlì shǒu wàng de , shǐ tā jiāng suǒ kànjian de shùshuō .