Isaiah 21:6

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For this is what the Lord said to me: 'Go, station a watchman, and let him report what he sees.'

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  • 2 Kgs 9:17-20 : 17 When the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu's company approaching, he called out, 'I see a company!' Joram said, 'Send a rider to meet them and ask, “Do you come in peace?”' 18 So a horseman went out to meet them and said, 'This is what the king says: Do you come in peace?' Jehu replied, 'What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.' And the watchman reported, 'The messenger reached them but has not returned.' 19 The king sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, 'This is what the king says: Do you come in peace?' Jehu answered, 'What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.' 20 The watchman reported, 'He has reached them, but he has not returned. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives furiously!'
  • Jer 51:12-13 : 12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
  • Ezek 3:17 : 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them warning from Me.
  • Ezek 33:2-7 : 2 Son of man, speak to the people of your nation and say to them, 'When I bring a sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one man from among them and make him their watchman,' 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes them away, their blood will be on their own head. 5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning, their blood will be on themselves. If they had taken warning, they would have saved their lives. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person will die for their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood. 7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
  • Hab 2:1-2 : 1 I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the rampart; I will wait to see what He will say to me and what I will answer regarding my complaint. 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a runner may read it clearly.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will not be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest,

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  • Isa 21:7-12
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    7When he sees chariots with pairs of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him carefully listen, paying close attention.

    8Then he called out, 'Lion! My Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day, and I stay at my guard post through all the nights.'

    9And behold, here comes a chariot of men, with pairs of horsemen. And he answered, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the carved images of her gods are shattered to the ground.'

    10O my threshed people and my people crushed on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

    11This is a prophecy concerning Dumah: Someone is calling to me from Seir, saying, 'Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, how much of the night has passed?'

    12The watchman replies, 'Morning is coming, but also the night. If you want to inquire, inquire. Come back again.'

  • Ezek 33:6-7
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    6But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person will die for their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.

    7Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.

  • Jer 6:17-18
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    17I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'

    18Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O congregation, what is among them!

  • Hab 2:1-2
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    1I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the rampart; I will wait to see what He will say to me and what I will answer regarding my complaint.

    2Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a runner may read it clearly.

  • Ezek 3:17
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    17"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them warning from Me.

  • Ezek 21:1-2
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    1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2Son of man, turn your face toward the south, and speak against the south. Prophesy against the forest of the southern land,

  • Isa 21:5
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    5Prepare the table, set a watchman in the watchtower, eat and drink. Rise up, you princes, and anoint the shield!

  • Jer 31:6
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    6For there will be a day when the watchmen call out on the hills of Ephraim, saying: Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.

  • Jer 4:16
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    16Warn the nations, proclaim it against Jerusalem: 'Watchers are coming from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.'

  • Ezek 33:1-2
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    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2Son of man, speak to the people of your nation and say to them, 'When I bring a sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one man from among them and make him their watchman,'

  • Ezek 21:8
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    8Say to the land of Israel, 'This is what the LORD says: Behold, I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

  • Ezek 6:1
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    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Isa 62:6
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    6Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will not be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest,

  • Jer 17:19
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    19This is what the LORD said to me: 'Go and stand at the gate of the people through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and also at all the gates of Jerusalem.'

  • Jer 4:21
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    21How long must I see the banner and hear the sound of the trumpet?

  • Ezek 12:21
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    21The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 22:1
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    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Jer 21:11
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    11To the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 18:26
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    26Then the watchman saw another man running, and he called to the gatekeeper, 'Look, another man is running alone!' The king said, 'He too brings news.'

  • Jer 1:12-13
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    12The LORD said to me, 'You have seen correctly, for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.'

    13The word of the LORD came to me a second time: 'What do you see?' I replied, 'I see a boiling pot, and it is tilting away from the north.'

  • Isa 6:9
    73%

    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Zech 6:9
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    9The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 21:18
    72%

    18For testing is being done. What if even the scepter that despises authority will not continue? This is the declaration of the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 9:1
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    1Then he called out in a loud voice for me to hear, saying, 'Bring near those appointed to punish the city, each carrying his weapon of destruction in his hand.'

  • Jer 6:27
    72%

    27I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may observe and test their ways.

  • Isa 18:3
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    3All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when the trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

  • Isa 41:27
    72%

    27I was the first to say to Zion, 'Look, here they are!' And I give to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.

  • Jer 22:1
    72%

    1This is what the LORD says: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and deliver this message there.

  • Ezek 12:1
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    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Jer 11:6
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    6The LORD said to me, ‘Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them.’

  • 2 Kgs 9:17
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    17When the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu's company approaching, he called out, 'I see a company!' Joram said, 'Send a rider to meet them and ask, “Do you come in peace?”'

  • Ezek 7:6
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    6The end has come! The end has come; it has awakened against you. Look! It is here.

  • Ezek 21:20
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    20So that hearts melt, and many stumble at all their gates, I have placed a glittering sword. It is made to flash like lightning and is prepared for slaughter.

  • Ezek 40:4
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    4The man said to me, 'Son of man, look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for this is why you have been brought here. Declare everything you see to the house of Israel.'

  • Isa 21:2
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    2A harsh vision has been shown to me: The betrayer betrays, and the destroyer devastates. Go up, Elam! Surround, Media! I have put an end to all her groaning.

  • Jer 6:22
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    22This is what the Lord says: 'Look, a people is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.

  • Isa 22:15
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    15This is what the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, says: 'Go, approach this steward, Shebna, who is in charge of the palace.'

  • Zech 1:10
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    10And the man standing among the myrtle trees said, 'These are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.'

  • Jer 51:12
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    12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.