Isaiah 21:4

My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

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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

3Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t sh'ma ·hear obey·. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.

5They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning you will say, “I wish it were evening!” and at evening you will say, “I wish it were morning!” for the fear of your heart which you will fear, and for the sights which your eyes will see.

Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; 2 who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them! 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 →

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