And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

And before Isaias was gone out of the middle of the court, the word of the Lord came to him, saying:

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

And it came to pass, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Now before Isaiah had gone out of the middle of the town, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out of the inner court of the city, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying:

And before Isaiah departed from the middle part of the atrium, the word of the Lord came to him, saying:

The middle court - i. e., of the royal palace. This is preferable to the marginal reading.

Into the middle court - הצר hatstser, the court. This is the reading of the Masoretic Keri: העיר haair, "of the city," is the reading of the text, and of most MSS.; but the versions follow the Keri.

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,.... Of the king's palace, which is called the other court within the porch, 1-Kings 7:8 so it is according to the marginal reading, which we follow; but the textual reading is, "the middle city"; Jerusalem was divided into three parts, and this was the middle part Isaiah was entering into: but before he did, so it was:
that the word of the Lord came to him, saying; as follows.

afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court--of the royal castle.

Court - Of the king's palace. This is noted to shew God's great readiness to hear the prayers of his children.