Isaiah 21:7

When he sees a chariot, a pair of horsemen, 1 riders on donkeys, and riders on camels, 1 then he must pay attention and be very alert.” 1

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In The King James Version

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

In Context

6For this is what the Lord said to me, 1 “Go, post a watchman; he must report what he sees. 1

8The watchman cries out, + 21:8 Instead of The watchman cries out , some older versions have A lion cries out . 1 “Lord, on the watchtower I stand all day, every day, 1 and at my post I stand all night long.” 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots 1 I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. 1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, 1 and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. 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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