The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. He does not narrate the event, but graphically supposes himself a watchman in Babylon, beholding the events as they pass. THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA - The c... [ Continue Reading ]
A 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. THE TREACHEROUS DEALER DEALETH TREACHEROUSLY - referring to the military stratagem employed by Cyrus in ta... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore 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. THEREFORE ARE MY LOINS FILLED WITH PAIN. Isaiah imagines himself among the exiles in Babylon, and cannot hel... [ Continue Reading ]
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. MY HEART PANTED, [ taa`aah (H8582)] - literally, erred: so palpitated (Psalms 38:10). THE NIGHT OF MY PLEASURE-HATH HE (THE PERSIAN FOE, DIRECTED BY GOD) TURNED INTO FEAR UNTO ME. The prophet... [ Continue Reading ]
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. PREPARE THE TABLE - namely, the feast in Babylon during which Cyrus opened the dykes made by Semiramis to confine the Euphrates to one channel, and suffered them to overflow the country, so that he... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. God's direction to Isaiah to set a watchman to "declare" what he sees. Horsley makes Isaiah the "watchman," and translates, 'Come, let him who standeth on the watch-tower report what he seeth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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: HE SAW A CHARIOT (WITH) A COUPLE OF HORSEMEN, A CHARIOT OF ASSES, (AND) A CHARIOT OF CAMELS. Or else, a cavalcade (a body of riders, namely), some riding in pai... [ Continue Reading ]
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: AND HE CRIED, A LION - rather, '(the watchman) cried, I am as a lion:' so as is understood, ; . The point of comparison to "A lion" is in , the loudness of the cry. But he... [ Continue Reading ]
And, 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. CHARIOT OF MEN - chariots with men in them; or rather, the same cavalcade or body of riders, horsemen... [ Continue Reading ]
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. MY THRESHING - i:e., my people (the Jews), trodden down by Babylon. AND THE GRAIN OF MY FLOOR - Hebrew, the son of my floor; all that is on the floor; i:e., my pe... [ Continue Reading ]
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? DUMAH - a tribe and region of Ishmael in Arabia (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30), now called Dumah the Stony, situated on the confines of Arabia and the Syrian desert-a part put for the... [ Continue Reading ]
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. THE WATCHMAN SAID, THE MORNING COMETH, AND ALSO THE NIGHT. Reply of the prophet, Then morning (prosperity) cometh, and (soon after follows) the night (adversity). Though you Idumeans may have... [ Continue Reading ]
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. THE BURDEN UPON ARABIA - i:e., respecting. IN THE FOREST IN ARABIA - not a grove of trees, but a region of thick underwood, rugged and inaccessible: for Arabia has no forests of trees. O YE... [ Continue Reading ]
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. TEMA - a kindred tribe: an oasis in that region (). BROUGHT WATER TO HIM THAT WAS THIRSTY. The Temeans give water to the faint and thirsting Dedanites: the greatest act of... [ Continue Reading ]
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. FOR THEY FLED - the fugitive Dedanites and other Arabs.... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: YEARS OF AN HIRELING - (note, .) AND ALL THE GLORY OF KEDAR SHALL FAIL - a wandering tribe (), north of Arabia Petrea, and south of Arabia Deserts; put for Arabia i... [ Continue Reading ]
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. THE RESIDUE ... DIMINISHED - the remnant of Arab warriors, famous in the bow, left after the invasion be small. Remark: Treacherous dealing is sure... [ Continue Reading ]