Isaiah 21:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the Lord has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.

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  • 2 Kgs 9:17-20 : 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger reached them, but he has not returned. 19 Then he sent another on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me. 20 And the watchman reported, saying, He reached them and has not returned: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
  • Jer 51:12-13 : 12 Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both devised and done what He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 You who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.
  • Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.
  • Ezek 33:2-7 : 2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman: 3 If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people; 4 Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and does not take warning; if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he who takes warning shall save his soul. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
  • Hab 2:1-2 : 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am corrected. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, so that he may run who reads it.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,

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  • Isa 21:7-12
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    7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, a chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with great attention:

    8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am stationed in my post every night:

    9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.

    10 O my threshing and the grain of my floor: that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.

    11 The prophecy concerning Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?

    12 The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire; return, come.

  • Ezek 33:6-7
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    6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned; if the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

    7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

  • Jer 6:17-18
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    17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.

    18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

  • Hab 2:1-2
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    1 I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am corrected.

    2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, so that he may run who reads it.

  • Ezek 3:17
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    17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

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

    2 Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  • Isa 21:5
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    5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.

  • Jer 31:6
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    6 For there shall be a day when the watchmen on Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God.

  • Jer 4:16
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    16 Make mention to the nations; behold, proclaim against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

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

    2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman:

  • Ezek 21:8
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    8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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

  • Isa 62:6
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    6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,

  • Jer 17:19
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    19 Thus said the LORD to me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

  • Jer 4:21
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    21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

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

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

  • Jer 21:11
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    11 Concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear the word of the LORD;

  • 2 Sam 18:26
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    26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called to the gatekeeper, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings news.

  • Jer 1:12-13
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    12 Then the LORD said to me, You have seen well: for I will hasten My word to perform it.

    13 And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and its face is toward the north.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.

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

  • Ezek 21:18
    72%

    18 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

  • Ezek 9:1
    72%

    1 He also cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Bring near those who have charge over the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.

  • Jer 6:27
    72%

    27 I have set you as a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and test their way.

  • Isa 18:3
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    3 All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear.

  • Isa 41:27
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    27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.

  • Jer 22:1
    72%

    1 Thus says the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there,

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

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

  • 2 Kgs 9:17
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    17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

  • Ezek 7:6
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    6 An end has come, the end has come; it watches for you; behold, it has come.

  • Ezek 21:20
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    20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

  • Ezek 40:4
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    4 The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

  • Isa 21:2
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    2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.

  • Jer 6:22
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    22 Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.

  • Isa 22:15
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    15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

  • Zech 1:10
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    10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth.

  • Jer 51:12
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    12 Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both devised and done what He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.