Isaiah 21:7

"For the Lord said to me, “Go, set a watchman. Let him declare what he sees."

Key Reflection

This verse instructs Isaiah to act as a prophetic watchman, declaring God's messages and warnings to the people. It symbolizes the role of prophets in vigilantly watching over the nation, calling out divine revelations and impending judgment or salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen -This passage is very obscure from the ambiguity of the wordרכבrekeb- ‘chariot.’ Gesenius contends that it should be rendered ‘cavalry,’ and that it refers to cavalry two abreast hastening to the destruction of the city. The wordרכבrekebdenotes properly a chariot or wagonJudges 5:28; a collection of wagons2Ch 1:14;2 Chronicles 8:6;2 Chronicles 9:25; and sometimes refers to the “horses or men” attached to a chariot. ‘David houghed all the chariots’2 Samuel 8:4; that is, all the “horses” belonging to them. ‘David killed of the Syrians seven hundred chariots’2 Samuel 10:18; that is, all “the men” belonging to seven hundred chariots.

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