Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Isaiah 21:7

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.

When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

8 Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Read the whole chapter

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
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
KJV
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:
WEB
When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
ASV
and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
DARBY
And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.
BLB
And he sees a chariot [with] a pair of horses, the rider of a donkey, [and] the rider of a camel, and he will be attentive, [with] great attention.”
ÅB
Og ser han et tog av ryttere, par etter par, et tog av eseler, et tog av kameler, da skal han gi akt, gi nøye akt.
OTB
Når han ser vogner med hestespann, ryttere på esler, ryttere på kameler, må han være fullt oppmerksom, meget oppmerksom.”
B1930
Og ser han et tog av ryttere, par efter par, et tog av asener, et tog av kameler, da skal han gi akt, gi nøie akt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 21:9

    Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

    Read in context

  • Hebrews 2:1

    We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 37:24

    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

    Read in context