A lion — The watchmen cried out, I see also a lion marching before the horsemen and chariots: which they suppose to represent Cyrus or Darius marching in the head of their armies. My lord — The watchman speaks to the prophet, who had set him in this station. Whole nights — According to thy command I have stood, and do yet stand continually, both day and night, upon my watch — tower.
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Isaiah 21:8
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: