Isaiah 21
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Lutheran reading notes
In Isaiah chapter 21, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of judgment, repentance, messianic hope, and restoration. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; {so} it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 21:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. {grievous: Heb. hard}
Isaiah 21:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing {of it}; I was dismayed at the seeing {of it}.
Isaiah 21:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. {heart...: or, mind wandered} {turned: Heb. put}
Isaiah 21:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, {and} anoint the shield.
Isaiah 21:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Isaiah 21:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he saw a chariot {with} a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, {and} a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Isaiah 21:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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: {he...: or, cried as a lion} {whole...: or, every night}
Isaiah 21:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, {with} a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Isaiah 21:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. {corn: Heb. son}
Isaiah 21:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Isaiah 21:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Isaiah 21:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Isaiah 21:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. {brought: or, bring ye}
Isaiah 21:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. {from the swords: or, for fear, etc: Heb. from the face, etc}
Isaiah 21:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Isaiah 21:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken {it}. {archers: Heb. bows}
Isaiah 21:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.