The Meaning of Isaiah 21:10 Explained

Isaiah 21:10

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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!'

Darby: O 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Isaiah 21:10 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Isaiah concluded this oracle by telling the Judeans, a people whom he compared to a threshed crop because of their oppressions, that what he had announced about Babylon"s destruction was from Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.
This oracle would have admonished the Judeans to put their trust in God rather than in the Babylonians, as tempting as their power would have been. Babylon would come to an end.

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 21

1  The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people,
6  sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians
11  Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance
13  The set time of Arabia's calamity

What do the individual words in Isaiah 21:10 mean?

Oh my threshing and the grain of my floor that which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts the God of Israel I have declared to you -
מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י וּבֶן־ גָּרְנִ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי מֵאֵ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הִגַּ֥דְתִּי לָכֶֽם ס

מְדֻשָׁתִ֖י  Oh  my  threshing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: מְדֻשָׁה  
Sense: that which is threshed, thing threshed.
וּבֶן־  and  the  grain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גָּרְנִ֑י  of  my  floor 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: גֹּרֶן  
Sense: threshing-floor.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי  I  have  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
יְהוָ֧ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צְבָא֛וֹת  of  hosts 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
אֱלֹהֵ֥י  the  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
הִגַּ֥דְתִּי  I  have  declared 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לָכֶֽם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation