Isaiah 21:6
For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.
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- 2 Kgs 9:17-20 : 17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said,“I see troops!” Jehoram ordered,“Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask,‘Is everything all right?’” 18 So the horseman went to meet him and said,“This is what the king says,‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied,“None of your business! Follow me.” The watchman reported,“The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 19 So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said,“This is what the king says,‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied,“None of your business! Follow me.” 20 The watchman reported,“He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”
- Jer 51:12-13 : 12 Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the LORD will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon. 13 “You who live along the rivers of Babylon, the time of your end has come. You who are rich in plundered treasure, it is time for your lives to be cut off.
- Ezek 3:17 : 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
- Ezek 33:2-7 : 2 “Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them,‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman. 3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people, 4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. 6 But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’ 7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.
- Hab 2:1-2 : 1 I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument. 2 The Lord Assures Habakkuk The LORD responded:“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily.
- Isa 62:6 : 6 I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!
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7When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”
8Then the guard cries out:“On the watchtower, O Lord, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.
9Look what’s coming! A charioteer, a team of horses.” When questioned, he replies,“Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
10O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.
11Bad News for Seir This is an oracle about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir,“Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12The watchman replies,“Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”
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6But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’
7“As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.
- Jer 6:17-182 verses77%
17The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”
18So the LORD said,“Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.
- Hab 2:1-22 verses77%
1I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument.
2The Lord Assures Habakkuk The LORD responded:“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily.
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17“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
- Ezek 21:1-22 verses76%
1The Sword of Judgment(21:6) The LORD’s message came to me:
2“Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
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5Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!
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6Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim,“Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the LORD our God!”’”
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16They are saying,‘Announce to the surrounding nations,“The enemy is coming!” Proclaim this message to Jerusalem:“Those who besiege cities are coming from a distant land. They are ready to raise the battle cry against the towns in Judah.”’
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1Ezekiel Israel’s Watchman The LORD’s message came to me:
2“Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them,‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.
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8The LORD’s message came to me:
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1Judgment on the Mountains of Israel The LORD’s message came to me:
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6I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!
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19Observance of the Sabbath Day Is a Key to the Future The LORD told me,“Go and stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.
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21“How long must I see the enemy’s battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?”
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21The LORD’s message came to me:
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1The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:
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11Warnings to the Royal Court The LORD told me to say to the royal court of Judah,“Listen to the LORD’s message,
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26Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper,“There is another man running by himself.” The king said,“This one also is bringing good news.”
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12Then the LORD said,“You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out.”
13The LORD’s message came to me a second time,“What do you see?” I answered,“I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped away from the north.”
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9He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
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9A Concluding Oracle The LORD’s message came to me as follows:
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18The LORD’s message came to me:
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1The Execution of Idolaters Then he shouted in my ears,“Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”
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27The LORD said to me,“I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”
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3All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.
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27I first decreed to Zion,‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
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1The LORD told me,“Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Give him a message from me there.
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1Previewing the Exile The LORD’s message came to me:
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6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!
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17Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said,“I see troops!” Jehoram ordered,“Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask,‘Is everything all right?’”
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6An end comes– the end comes! It has awakened against you! Look, it is coming!
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20Mark out the routes for the sword to take:“Rabbah of the Ammonites” and“Judah with Jerusalem in it.”
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4The man said to me,“Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”
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2I have received a distressing message:“The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”
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22“This is what the LORD says:‘Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
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15This is what the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says:“Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, and tell him:
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10Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”
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12Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the LORD will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.