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Isa 21:8 — And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

cried, A lion		or, cried as a lion. Isa 5:29; Jer 4:7; Jer 25:38; Jer 49:19; Jer 50:44; 1Pe 5:8
I stand		Isa 56:10; Isa 62:6; Psa 63:6; Psa 127:1; Hab 2:1,2
whole nights		or, every night.

Correlating Passages

cried, A lion

	Isa 5:29	Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].
	Jer 4:7	The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; [and] thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
	Jer 25:38	He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
	Jer 49:19	Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?
	Jer 50:44	Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?
	1Pe 5:8	Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

I stand

	Isa 56:10	His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
	Isa 62:6	I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
	Psa 63:6	When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.
	Psa 127:1	[[A Song of degrees for Solomon.]] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
	Hab 2:1	I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
	Hab 2:2	And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 21:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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