Isaiah 21:8 Cross References - Rotherham

⁸ Then cried he, A lion! On the watch, O My Lord, had I, been standing continually, by day, And, at my post, had I, been stationed whole nights; ––

⁶ Should I call thee to mind upon my couch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.

¹ [A Song of Ascents. Solomon’s.]
If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake:

²⁹ A roar, hath he, like a lioness,––He will roar like wild lions––And will growl, and lay hold on prey, and carry into safety, and there be none, to deliver.

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.

⁶ Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace,––O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest, to yourselves,

⁷ There hath come up a lion, out of his thicket, Yea, a destroyer of nations––hath set forward, hath come forth out of his place,––To make thy land, a desolation, Thy cities, shall fall in ruins, so as to have no, inhabitant.

³⁸ He hath, left as a lion, his covert, For their land hath become a horror, Because of the fierceness of oppression, and, Because of the fierceness of his anger.

¹⁹ Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make him run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, over it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a time? And who, is, the Shepherd, that shall stand before, me?

⁴⁴ Lo! as a lion, shall he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, Unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make them run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, against it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a, time? And who, is, the Shepherd that shall stand before, me?

¹ Upon my watch–tower, will I stand, and will station myself upon the bulwark,––so will I keep outlook, to see––what he will speak with me, and what I shall reply, when I am reproved. ² Then Yahweh answered me, and said, Write the vision, Yea, make it plain on tablets, that one may swiftly read it;

⁸ Be sober! be watchful! Your slanderous adversary, as a roaring lion, is walking about––seeking to devour: