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Isaiah 21:6
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This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
Isaiah 21:6 in Other Translations
KJV
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
ESV
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For thus the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees.
NLT
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Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, “Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees.
MSG
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The Master told me, "Go, post a lookout. Have him report whatever he spots.
CSB
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For the Lord has said to me, "Go, post a lookout; let him report what he sees.
Isaiah 21:6 Meaning and Commentary
Isaiah 21:6
For thus hath the Lord said unto me
This is a confirmation of the above prophecy from the Lord himself, he showing to the prophet, in a visionary way, the ruin of Babylon, and the means and instruments of it: go, set a watchman;
not Habakkuk, as Jarchi; nor Urias, as the Septuagint; nor Jeremiah, as others; but himself, who, in a way of vision, represented a watchman on the walls of Babylon; and which was no way unsuitable to his character and office as a prophet: let him declare what he seeth;
what he sees coming at a distance, or at hand, let him faithfully and publicly make it known: these are not the words of the king of Babylon to one of his watchmen; but of the Lord of hosts to his prophet.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Isaiah 21:6 In-Context
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My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
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They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!
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This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
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When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert.”
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And the lookout shouted, “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
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2 Kings 9:17
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