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Isaiah 21:8

World English Bible

He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.

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Isaiah 21:8 in other translations

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;

Isaiah 21:8 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 21:8 in context

  1. 6For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
  2. 7When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
  3. 8He cried like a lion: “Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
  4. 9Behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
  5. 10You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.