Isaiah 21:4
2 A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
3 Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
5 They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
6 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
- KJV
- My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
- WEB
- My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
- ASV
- My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
- DARBY
- My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
- BLB
- My heart staggers, a shuddering terrifies me; the twilight of my desire has been set for me into fear,
- ÅB
- Mitt sinn er forvirret, redsel har forferdet meg; kvelden, som var min lyst, har han[^3] gjort til redsel for meg.
- OTB
- Mitt hjerte vakler, redsel overvelder meg; skumringen jeg lengtet etter har blitt til en redsel for meg.
- B1930
- Mitt sinn er forvirret, redsel har forferdet mig; aftenen, som var min lyst, har han gjort til redsel for mig. / < fienden.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 21:34–36
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextEsther 5:12
“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Read in context2 Samuel 13:28–29
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
Read in contextEsther 7:6–10
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:11–14
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
Read in contextNahum 1:10
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:36–38
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
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