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Isaiah 21:8-10
International Standard Version
Isaiah 21:8-10
International Standard Version
8 Then the lookout[a] shouted:
“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and I am stationed at my post
throughout the night.
9 Look! Here come riders,[b]
each man with a pair of horses!”
They’re shouting out the answer:
“Babylon has fallen, has fallen,
and they have shattered
all the images of her gods[c] on the ground!
10 O my downtrodden people,[d] my wall![e]
I’ll tell you what I have heard
from the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:8 So 1QIsaa Syr; MT reads Then a lion
- Isaiah 21:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads chariot; cf. v. 7
- Isaiah 21:9 So 1QIsaa; LXX reads all the images of her gods are shattered; MT reads He has shattered all the images of her gods
- Isaiah 21:10 1QIsaa lacks people
- Isaiah 21:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads my threshing floor
Isaiah 21:8-10
New International Version
Isaiah 21:8-10
New International Version
8 And the lookout[a](A) shouted,
“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;
every night I stay at my post.
9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot(B)
with a team of horses.
And he gives back the answer:
‘Babylon(C) has fallen,(D) has fallen!
All the images of its gods(E)
lie shattered(F) on the ground!’”
10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,(G)
I tell you what I have heard
from the Lord Almighty,
from the God of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text A lion
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