Isaiah 21:6
For thus hath Adonoi said unto me, 1 Go, post the metzapeh (watchman), 1 let him report what he seeth. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:25And the tzofeh (watchman) cried, and told HaMelech. And HaMelech said, If he be alone, there is besorah (news) in his peh (mouth). And he came rapidly, and drew near.
Isaiah 62:6I have set shomrim upon thy chomot, O Yerushalayim, 1 which shall never hold their peace yom nor lailah; 1 ye that remind Hashem, keep not silence, 1
Ezekiel 3:17Ben Adam, I have made thee a tzofeh (watchman) unto the Bais Yisroel; therefore hear the word at My mouth, and give them warning from Me.
Habakkuk 2:1I will stand upon my watch, 1 and set me upon the matzor (rampart), 1 and will watch to see what Hashem will speak to me, 1 and what He shall answer to my tokhakhah (complaint). 1
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 →