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Isaiah 21:4

My mind falters; I shake in panic. The night I looked forward to has become terrifying.

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In The King James Version

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

In Context

3As a result my body is filled with agony. I'm overwhelmed with pain, like the pain of a woman giving birth. I am confused by what I hear; I am distressed by what I see.

5They set the table, they spread out the rugs, they eat and drink… “Get up, officers! Prepare your shields for battle!”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you'll say, “I wish it was evening!” and in the evening you'll say, “I wish it was morning!” because you're so frightened by the terrifying things you see.

2 Samuel 13:28Absalom gave orders to his men, saying, “Pay attention! When Amnon is feeling happy from drinking wine and I tell you, ‘Attack Amnon!’ then kill him. Don't be afraid. I myself am giving you this order. Be strong and be brave.”

Esther 5:12“Added to all that,” Haman went on, “I was the only other person Queen Esther invited to come to a dinner she had prepared for the king. I'm also invited by her to eat together with the king tomorrow.”

Job 21:11They send out their little ones like lambs to play; their children dance around.

Isaiah 5:11Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drinking wine until you're drunk.

Jeremiah 51:39But while their passions are aroused, I will serve them a banquet and get them drunk. They'll celebrate so much that they'll pass out and won't ever wake up, declares the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:2-11

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 714.) 1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was… Read the whole commentary →

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