Isaiah 21:6
For, thus, hath My Lord said unto me,—Go, set the watchman, What he seeth, let him tell!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
5[Ye thought] to prepare the table—spread the mat—eat—drink! …Arise ye chieftains anoint the shield!
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:25So the watchman called out, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came on nearer and nearer.
Isaiah 62:6Upon thy walls O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace,—O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee to the house of Israel,—and thou shalt hear, at my mouth a message, and shalt warn them from me.
Habakkuk 2:1Upon my watch-tower, will I stand, and will station myself upon the bulwark,—so will I keep outlook, to see—what he will speak with me, and what I shall reply, when I am reproved.
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 →