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The Lord said to me, “Go find someone to guard this city. He must report whatever he sees. Whether he sees a chariot and a team of horses or men riding donkeys or camels, he must listen carefully.”[a]

Then one day the watchman[b] called out,

“My master, every day I have been in the watchtower[c] watching.
    Every night I have been standing on duty.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:7 Or “Whether he sees a column of teams of horsemen, columns of donkeys, or columns of camels, he must listen carefully.”
  2. Isaiah 21:8 the watchman “the seer,” an ancient title for a prophet. The standard Hebrew text has “a lion.”
  3. Isaiah 21:8 watchtower A tall building where guards stood and watched to see if anyone was coming near their city.

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