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Isaiah 21:7

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And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
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  1. Isaiah 21:9Rank 1 from verse 7
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    9And, 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.

  2. Hebrews 2:1Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

  3. Isaiah 37:24Rank 3 from verse 7
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    24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

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Isaiah 21:7

COMBINED MEANING

couple

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Sense 1: Two considered together. Sense 2: As a verb, to join, connect, or fasten together.

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hearkened

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1. Listened attentively or gave heed. 2. Gave regard, consented, or acted in response.

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heed

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Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.

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21:1THE burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

21:5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

21:6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

21:7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

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

21:9And, 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.

21:10O 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.

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