Isaiah 21:8 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:
Matthew Henry
- The taking of BabylonBabylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the great foe...
Thompson Chains
- WatchfulnessSee the chain from Matthew 25:13 · 4 links
Parallel Passages
- Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Habakkuk 2:1–2 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. …
- Psalms 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
- Psalms 127:1 <A Song of degrees for Solomon.> Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
- Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
- Jeremiah 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
- Jeremiah 50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And he cried וַיִּקְרָא wayyiqrāʾ קָרָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- A lion אַרְיֵה ʾaryê אֲרִי Noun · masculine singular
- My lord אֲדֹנָי ʾădōnāy אֲדֹנָי Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- I stand אָנֹכִי ʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular עֹמֵד ʿōmēd עָמַד Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- continually תָּמִיד tāmîd תָּמִיד Noun · masculine singular
- upon the watchtower עַל ʿal Preposition מִצְפֶּה miṣpê מִצְפֶּה Noun · masculine singular
- in the daytime יוֹמָם yômām יוֹמָם Adverb
- and I am set אָנֹכִי ʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular נִצָּב niṣṣāb נָצַב Verb · niphal active participle, masculine singular
- in my ward וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and מִשְׁמַרְתִּי mišmartî מִשְׁמֶרֶת Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- whole nights כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַלֵּילוֹת hallêlôt לַיִל Noun · masculine plural · with the
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