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That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />My downtrodden <i>people,</i> and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of armies, The God of Israel, I make known to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />O my threshed <i>people,</i> and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />O my trampled <i>people</i> and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />O my threshed <i>people</i> [Judah, who must be judged and trampled down by Babylon], my afflicted of the threshing floor. What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I have [joyfully] announced to you [that Babylon is to fall].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My people who have been crushed on the threshing floor, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My people who have been crushed on the threshing floor, I have declared to you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />O 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I said, "My people, you have suffered terribly, but I have a message for you from the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />O thou 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 unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You, my people, have been threshed and winnowed. I make known to you what I heard from the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />My people Israel, you have been threshed like wheat, but now I have announced to you the good news that I have heard from the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />O my downtrodden people, my wall! I'll tell you what I have heard from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor." That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />O 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!” That which I have heard from Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />O my threshing, and the son of my floor, "" That which I heard from YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, "" I have declared to you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />O my threshing, and the son of my threshing-floor, what I heard from Jehovah of armies the God of Israel, I announced to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />To you, who have been threshed, beaten on my threshing floor, What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I have announced to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />There is no one to reap and no one to thresh; that which I have heard of the LORD God of Israel, I have declared to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He who reaps and he who wears out the threshing floor. The thing that I heard from LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, I have shown you”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, have I declared unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Hear, ye that are left, and ye that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts <i>which</i> the God of Israel has declared to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/21-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4274" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/21.htm">Babylon is Fallen</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇen- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">O my people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4098.htm" title="4098: mə·ḏu·šā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- That which is threshed. From duwsh; a threshing, i.e. down-trodden people.">crushed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1637.htm" title="1637: gā·rə·nî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Threshing floor. From an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing- floor; by analogy, any open area.">on the threshing floor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: hig·gaḏ·tî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To be conspicuous. ">I tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">I have heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’êṯ (Prep-m:: DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Jeremiah 51:33</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Jeremiah 50:11</a></span><br />“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Jeremiah 50:16</a></span><br />Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2</a></span><br />I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-5.htm">Revelation 17:5</a></span><br />And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a></span><br />Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a></span><br />Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Jeremiah 51:8</a></span><br />Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Jeremiah 51:9</a></span><br />“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-24.htm">Jeremiah 51:24</a></span><br />Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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 to you.</p><p class="hdg">my threshing</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15,16</a></b></br> Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat <i>them</i> small, and shalt make the hills as chaff… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Jeremiah 51:33</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon <i>is</i> like a threshingfloor, <i>it is</i> time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.</p><p class="hdg">corn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-14.htm">1 Kings 22:14</a></b></br> And Micaiah said, <i>As</i> the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/3-17.htm">Ezekiel 3:17-19</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/20-26.htm">Acts 20:26,27</a></b></br> Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I <i>am</i> pure from the blood of all <i>men</i>… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-25.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/job/39-12.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-25.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-25.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-12.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/ruth/2-17.htm">Threshed</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-26.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/matthew/25-26.htm">Winnowed</a> <a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Winnowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/26-6.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-22.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Threshed</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Winnowed</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Winnowing</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm">sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">The set time of Arabia's calamity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "people" is "עַם" (am), which signifies a group bound by common identity and covenant with God. This address reflects God's enduring relationship with Israel, despite their current circumstances. It is a reminder of the covenantal bond and the special status of Israel as God's chosen people. Historically, this reflects the period of turmoil and judgment, yet it underscores God's unwavering commitment to His people.<p><b>crushed on the threshing floor</b><br />The imagery of the "threshing floor" is significant in biblical literature. In ancient times, the threshing floor was a place where grain was separated from chaff, symbolizing judgment and purification. The Hebrew root "דָּשׁ" (dāsh) means to tread or thresh. This metaphor indicates the severe trials and tribulations faced by the Israelites, akin to the crushing and separation process on a threshing floor. It suggests a period of testing and refinement, where the true essence of the people is revealed through adversity.<p><b>I have declared to you</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the role of the prophet as a messenger of God. The Hebrew root "נָגַד" (nagad) means to make known or declare. Isaiah's role is to communicate God's message faithfully to the people. This declaration is not merely informative but carries the weight of divine authority and purpose. It serves as a reminder of the prophetic office's responsibility to convey God's truth, regardless of the reception or consequences.<p><b>what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts</b><br />The title "LORD of Hosts" (YHWH Sabaoth) is a powerful depiction of God's sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. It underscores God's supreme authority and power. The phrase "what I have heard" indicates the direct revelation received by Isaiah, highlighting the authenticity and divine origin of the message. This assures the people that the message is not of human origin but is a divine communication from the Almighty, reinforcing the seriousness and reliability of the prophecy.<p><b>the God of Israel</b><br />This title reaffirms the unique relationship between God and Israel. It is a reminder of the covenant established with the patriarchs and the continued faithfulness of God to His promises. The Hebrew word "אֱלֹהֵי" (Elohei) denotes God as the mighty one, emphasizing His power and authority. This phrase serves to reassure the Israelites of God's enduring presence and commitment to them, even amidst judgment and hardship. It is a call to trust in God's sovereignty and His ultimate plan for redemption and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who is delivering the message from God. He is a major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment and salvation of Israel and the nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. It underscores His power and authority in executing judgment and delivering His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_israel.htm">The God of Israel</a></b><br>This title highlights God's covenant relationship with Israel, reminding the people of His promises and faithfulness despite their current circumstances.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/threshing_floor.htm">Threshing Floor</a></b><br>A place where grain is separated from chaff, symbolizing judgment and purification. It is often used metaphorically in Scripture to describe a process of testing or refining.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a></b><br>The recipients of the message, who are experiencing judgment and suffering, likened to being crushed on a threshing floor.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control of all events, including times of judgment and suffering. His purposes are ultimately for the good of His people and His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_process_of_refinement.htm">The Process of Refinement</a></b><br>Just as grain is refined on the threshing floor, God uses trials to purify and strengthen our faith. Embrace these times as opportunities for growth and deeper reliance on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>Despite the imagery of being "crushed," remember that God is faithful to His covenant promises. Trust in His plan for redemption and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/listening_to_god's_message.htm">Listening to God's Message</a></b><br>Isaiah's role as a messenger reminds us to be attentive to God's Word. Seek to hear and understand what God is communicating through Scripture and His Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_in_suffering.htm">Community in Suffering</a></b><br>The collective experience of being "crushed" calls for unity and support within the community of believers. Encourage and uphold one another in times of trial.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">O my threshing, and the corn of my floor.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">and child of my threshing-floor<span class= "bld">. . . </span></span>The words are abrupt, and we have to read the thoughts that lie below them. The "child of the threshing-floor "is none other than Israel, thought of as the corn which is under God's chastisements, Assyrian and Chaldaean invasions, Babylonian exile, and the like, severing the wheat from the chaff (<a href="/context/micah/4-12.htm" title="But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.">Micah 4:12-13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm" title="For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.">Jeremiah 51:33</a>; <a href="/matthew/3-3.htm" title="For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.">Matthew 3:3</a>). The prophet looks on those chastisements with yearning pity, but he cannot "go beyond the word of the Lord" (<a href="/numbers/24-13.htm" title="If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind; but what the LORD said, that will I speak?">Numbers 24:13</a>), and this is all that he has to tell his people. The oppressor shall in the end be overthrown, but that which lies between the present and that far-off future is, as yet, concealed from him.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O my threshing, and the corn of my floor.</span> These are the words of the prophet to Israel. Her chastisements have long been "threshing" Israel, separating the grain from the chaff, and will do so still more as time goes on. The prophet's message is for the comfort of those who shall have gone through the process and become the true "children of the threshing-floor" - pure wheat, fit to be gathered into the garner of God (<a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/21-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">O My people,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">crushed</span><br /><span class="heb">מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḏu·šā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4098.htm">Strong's 4098: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing, down-trodden people</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the threshing floor,</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּרְנִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(gā·rə·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1637.htm">Strong's 1637: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing-floor, open area</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I tell</span><br /><span class="heb">הִגַּ֥דְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(hig·gaḏ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">ס</span> <span class="translit">(s)</span><br /><span class="parse">Punctuation<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have heard</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֵ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts,</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/21-10.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 21:10 You are my threshing and the grain (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/21-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 21:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 21:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 21:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 21:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>