What is the "lion" in Isaiah 21:8 referring to?

Question

Isaiah 21:7-8

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he harkened diligently with much heed:
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...

Answer 1

I read the New International Version - sometimes it helps me as I don't know the original text - get a better view of what a text may have intended to mean. Lion is refering to the lookout on the tower - keeping a dilligent eye, day after day. "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post." A footnote said the following: Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text "A lion" when referring to the lookout.