Isaiah 21 · Verse 10

Isaiah 21:10

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.
Isaiah 21:10, King James Version

Isaiah 21:10 in other translations

BSBO my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
WEBYou are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
ASVO thou my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
YLTO my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!'
DARBYO my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
BBEO my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
WebsterO my threshing, and the corn of my floor; that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.

What does Isaiah 21:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. my threshing--that is, my people (the Jews) trodden down by Babylon. corn of my floor--Hebrew, "my son of the floor," that is, my people, treated as corn laid on the floor for threshing; implying, too, that by affliction, a remnant (grain) would be separated from the ungodly (chaff) [Maurer]. Horsley translates, "O thou object of my unremitting prophetic pains." See Is 28:27, 28. Some, from Jr 51:33, make Babylon the object of the threshing; but Isaiah is plainly addressing his countrymen, as the next words show, not the Babylonians. Is 21:11, 12. A Prophecy to the Idumeans Who Taunted the Afflicted Jews in the Babylonish Captivity. One out of Seir asks, What of the night? Is there a hope of the dawn of deliverance? Isaiah replies, The morning is beginning to dawn (to us); but night is also coming (to you). Compare Psa 137:7. The Hebrew captives would be delivered, and taunting Edom punished. If the Idumean wish to ask again, he may do so; if he wishes an answer of peace for his country, then let him "return (repent), come" [Barnes].

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 O my threshing - "O thou, the object upon which I shall exercise the severity of my discipline; that shalt lie under my afflicting hand, like corn spread upon the floor to be threshed out and winnowed, to separate the chaff from the wheat!" The image of threshing is frequently used by the Hebrew poets, with great elegance and force, to express the punishment of the wicked and the trial of the good, or the utter dispersion and destruction of God's enemies. Of the different ways of threshing in use among the Hebrews, and the manner of performing them, see the note on Isa 28:27 (note). Our translators have taken the liberty of using the word threshing in a passive sense, to express the object or matter that is threshed; in which I have followed them, not being able to express it more properly, without departing too much from the form and letter of the original. "Son of my floor," Hebrews It is an idiom of the Hebrew language to call the effect, the object, the adjunct, any thing that belongs in almost any way to another, the son of it. "O my threshing." The prophet abruptly breaks off the speech of God; and instead of continuing it in the form in which he had begun, and in the person of God, "This I declare unto you by my prophet," he changes the form of address, and adds, in his own person, "This I declare unto you from God."

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 21:1-10

The taking of Babylon. (Is. 21:1-10) Of the Edomites. (Is. 21:11,12) Of the Arabs. (Is. 21:13-17) Verses 1-10 Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the great foe of the New Testament church, foretold in the Revelation. To the poor oppressed captives it would be welcome news; to the proud oppressors it would be…

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Isaiah 21:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מְדֻשָׁתִ֖יme.du.sha.TiO threshed one myH4098
וּבֶן\־u.ven-and [the] son ofH1121
גָּרְנִ֑יga.re.Nithreshing floor myH1637
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085
מֵאֵ֨תme.'Etfrom withH854
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הִגַּ֥דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiI have toldH5046
לָכֶֽם\׃\ \סla.Khemto <the> you

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Cross references for Isaiah 21:10

  • Jeremiah 51:33

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

  • Micah 4:13

    Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Ezekiel 3:17-19

    Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

  • Isaiah 41:15-16

    Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Matthew 3:12

    Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  • 2 Kings 13:7

    Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

  • Habakkuk 3:12

    Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

  • Acts 20:26-27

    Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

  • 1 Kings 22:14

    And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my threshing.
41:15,16; 2Ki 13:7; Jer 51:33; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12; Mt 3:12
corn. Heb. son. that which.
1Ki 22:14; Eze 3:17-19; Ac 20:26,27

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Context

  • Isaiah 21:9

    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 21:10

    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.

  • Isaiah 21:11

    The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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Isaiah 21:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Trilla mía, y paja de mi era: os he dicho lo que oí de Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ô vous, mon blé battu, et le fruit de mon aire! ce que j’ai entendu de l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël, je vous l’ai rapporté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du mein Gedroschenes und Sohn meiner Tenne! Was ich von Jehova der Heerscharen, dem Gott Israels, gehört, habe ich euch verkündigt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.