Isaiah 21:4

My heart fluttereth, A horror, terrifieth me,—My twilight of pleasure, hath he turned for me into a time of trembling.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

3For this cause, are my loins filled with anguish, Pangs, have seized me, as the pangs of her that is giving birth,—I writhe so that I cannot hear, I tremble, so that I cannot see:

5[Ye thought] to prepare the table—spread the mat—eat—drink! …Arise ye chieftains anoint the shield!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:67In the morning, thou wilt say—Oh that it were evening! and in the evening, thou wilt say—Oh that it were morning! because of the dread of thy heart which thou wilt dread, and because of the sight of thine eyes which thou wilt see.

2 Samuel 13:28Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying—Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you—Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear,—have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

Esther 5:12And Haman said, Moreover Esther the queen did bring in no one with the king into the banquet which she had prepared, saving myself,—yea moreover, even for to-morrow, I, am invited unto her, with the king.

Job 21:11They send forth—like a flock—their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

Isaiah 5:11Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that strong drink, they may pursue,—Who follow on in the evening cool [until] with wine, they are heated;

Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will spread their banquets, And let them drink that they may become uproarious, So shall they sleep an age-abiding sleep and not wake,—Declareth Yahweh.

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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