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Isaiah 21:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. "
Isaiah 21:9
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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:
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:
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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Isaiah 21:1
"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."
Isaiah 21:2
"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."
Isaiah 21:3
"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 dismayed at the seeing"
Isaiah 21:4
"My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear"
Isaiah 21:5
"Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield."
Isaiah 21:6
"For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth."
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