Isaiah 21:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 21:6

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

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth:

KJV

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth--God's direction to Isaiah to set a watchman to "declare" what he sees. But as in Isa 21:10, Isaiah himself is represented as the one who "declared." HORSLEY makes him the "watchman," and translates, "Come, let him who standeth on the watchtower report what he seeth."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end while he is revelling at the other end and knows nothing of the matter.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
כֹ֥ה	khoh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֛ר	'a.Mar	he has said	H559 →
אֵלַ֖י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
אֲדֹנָ֑י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
לֵ֚ךְ	lekh	go	H1980 →
הַעֲמֵ֣ד	ha.'a.Med	station	H5975 →
הַֽמְצַפֶּ֔ה	ham.tza.Peh	the watchman	H6822 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	[that] which	H834 →
יִרְאֶ֖ה	yir.'Eh	he will see	H7200 →
יַגִּֽיד׃	ya.Gid	let him tell	H5046 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
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,
leads to
- Isaiah 52:8
  Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 6:17
  I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 3:17–21
  “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
  Pray without ceasing.
- Psalms 134:1–2
  Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
Through
Ezekiel 3:17
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 19:10
  For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that…
- Hebrews 13:17
  Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for…
- 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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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah