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Isaiah 21:8

6 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

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

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!”

10 O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

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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.

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BSB
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
KJV
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
WEB
He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
ASV
And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
DARBY
And he cried [as] a lion, Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights.
BLB
And the lookout called out: “Upon the watchtower, my Lord, I stand continually by day, and at my post I take [my] stand every night.
ÅB
Da ropte han som en løve: Herre, på vakt står jeg alltid om dagen, og på min post er jeg stilt hver en natt;
OTB
Og vaktmannen ropte ut, “Dag etter dag, min herre, står jeg på vaktposten; hver natt blir jeg ved min post.
B1930
Da ropte han som en løve: Herre, på vakt står jeg alltid om dagen, og på min post er jeg stilt hver en natt;

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Cross references

  • Habakkuk 2:1–2

    I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

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  • Psalms 127:1

    Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

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  • Isaiah 56:10

    Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

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  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  • Jeremiah 50:44

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

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  • Jeremiah 25:38

    He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

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  • Psalms 63:6

    When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

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  • Isaiah 62:6

    On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

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