Isaiah 21:3 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 21:3

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.

BSB

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ASV

Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

KJV

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 of it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Therefore - In this verse, and the following, the prophet represents himself as “in” Babylon, and as a witness of the calamities which would come upon the city. He describes the sympathy which he feels in her sorrows, and represents himself as deeply affected by her calamities. A similar description occurred in the pain which the prophet represents himself as enduring on account of the calamities of Moab (see Isa 15:5, note; Isa 16:11, note). My loins - (see the note at Isa 16:11).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And therefore the destruction of Babylon is so often prophesied of by this evangelical prophet, because it was typical of the destruction of the man of sin, the great enemy of the New-Testament church, which is foretold in the Revelation in many expressions borrowed from these prophecies, which therefore must be consulted and collated by those who would understand the prophecy of that book.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

16:11). pain--(Compare Isa 13:8; Na 2:10). at the hearing--The Hebrew may mean, "I was so bowed down that I could not hear; I was so dismayed that I could not see" (Ge 16:2;

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֗ן	Ken	-fore	H3651 →
מָלְא֤וּ	mal.'U	they are full	H4390 →
מָתְנַי֙	ma.te.Nai	loins my	H4975 →
חַלְחָלָ֔ה	chal.cha.Lah	anguish	H2479 →
צִירִ֣ים	tzi.Rim	pangs	H6735 →
אֲחָז֔וּנִי	'a.cha.Zu.ni	they have seized me	H270 →
כְּצִירֵ֖י	ke.tzi.Rei	like [the] pangs of	H6735 →
יֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה	yo.le.Dah	[a woman who] gives birth	H3205 →
נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי	na.'a.Vei.ti	I am bent over	H5753 →
מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַ	mi.she.Mo.a'	from hearing	H8085 →
נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי	niv.Hal.ti	I am terrified	H926 →
מֵרְאֽוֹת׃	me.re.'ot	from seeing	H7200 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 48:41
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
leads to
- Isaiah 13:8
  Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 6:24
  We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 49:22
  Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Through
Isaiah 13:8
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nahum 2:10
  She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- Isaiah 26:17
  As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
Through
Isaiah 26:17
As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
leads to
- John 16:21
  A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the…
- Jeremiah 4:31
  For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to…

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