Isaiah 21:6 meaning and explanation

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

Isaiah 21:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just received a "dire vision" of an invader sweeping out of the desert, and in verse 6 the Lord gives him an assignment: appoint a watchman who will report what he sees from the city wall. In the ancient world a lookout on the wall was the city's early warning system, and the report he gives in verses 7 and 9 becomes the answer to the prophet's anguish.

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