Isaiah Chapter 21 verse 4 Holy Bible
My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
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My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
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My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
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My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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My heart flutters, horror has frightened me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
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Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - My heart panted; rather, my heart trembleth, or fluttereth. The night of my pleasure; i.e. "the night, wherein, I am wont to enjoy peaceful and pleasant slumbers."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The night of my pleasure . . .--The words point to the prophet's longing for the darkness of night, either as a time of rest from his labour, or, more probably, for contemplation and prayer (Psalm 119:148), and to the invasion of that rest by the vision of terror. The suggestion that the prophet speaks as identifying himself with the Babylonians, and refers to the capture of their city during a night of revelry (Daniel 5:1; Daniel 5:30; Herod., i. 121; Xenoph. Cyrop., vii. 23), is hardly tenable.
