When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 21:7 in context
Isaiah 21:4–10
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My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
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They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
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For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees.
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When he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with great attentiveness.”
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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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Behold, 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.
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You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
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