When Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the large army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; nobody had escaped.
Isaiah 21:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the lookout reported, ‘Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day, and I stay at my post all night. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [the watchman] cried like a lion, O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my station every night. American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible Then the seer called out: “Upon a watchtower, Lord, I’m standing all day; and upon my observation post I’m stationed throughout the night. Catholic Public Domain Version And a lion cried out: "I am on the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day. And I am at my station, standing throughout the night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a lion cried out: I am upon the watch-tower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights. |
When Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the large army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; nobody had escaped.
Their roaring is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions; they growl and seize their prey and carry it off, and no one can rescue it.
Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.
Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen on your walls; they will never be silent, day or night. There is no rest for you, who remind the Lord.
He has left his den like a lion, for their land has become a desolation because of the sword of the oppressor, because of his burning anger.
A lion has gone up from his thicket; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to make your land a waste. Your cities will be reduced to uninhabited ruins.
‘Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ’
‘Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets , of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Babylon away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ’
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.