And Elam, the warriors of the country east of the lower Tigris, later a province of Persia, bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, as a part of the Assyrian army, and Kir, another country subject to Assyria, between the Caspian and the Black Sea, uncovered the shield, by taking off its leather covering in preparation for the battle. Thus the coming of Israel's enemies is described.
Verse Isaiah 22:6. _CHARIOTS OF MEN_ - "The Syriac"] It is not easy to say what רכב אדם _recheb adam_, a _chariot of men_, can mean. It seems by the form of the sentence, which consists of three memb...
AND ELAM - The southern part of Persia, perhaps used here to denote Persia in general (see the note at Isaiah 21:2). Elam, or Persia, was at this time subject to Assyria, and their forces were united...
CHAPTER 22 The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem) 1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4. Shebn...
JERUSALEM'S INEXCUSABLE FRIVOLITY. The prophecy apparently belongs to the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had pro...
ELAM. KIR. The south and north limits of the Chaldsean forces. QUIVER. Hebrew. _'ashpah._ Occurs only here in "former" portion, and only in Isaiah 49:2 in the "latter" portion. CHARIOTS. See note on...
_Elam_(see on Isaiah 21:2) and _Kir_(not identified: 2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; Amos 9:7) are mentioned as furnishing auxiliaries to the Assyrian army. There is force in
The connexion here becomes very uncertain. It seems clear that Isaiah 22:5 (from its form) must refer to the future, while Isaiah 22:8 undoubtedly go back to what is past. The transition must apparent...
Isaiah 22:1-14. The inexpiable sin of Jerusalem The key to this passage the most lurid and minatory of all Isaiah's prophecies is the irreconcileable antagonism between the mood of the prophet and th...
AND ELAM, &C.— _And Elam beareth the quiver; with chariots cometh the Syrian, and with horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield._ Lowth. The second member of the first part of this prophesy begins here...
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 2. JUDAH a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 2 O thou that...
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. ELAM - the country stretching east from the Lower Tigris, answering to what was afterward called Persia (no...
JERUSALEM REBUKED A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The difficulty in assigning the passage to Sen...
ELAM.. KIR] peoples who furnished auxiliaries to the Assyrian army. UNCOVERED] took off its case in preparation for battle....
Elam and Kir were probably nations in part of what is today Iran....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 22 GOD WARNS *JERUSALEM V1 (A special message that God gave to Isaiah about *Jerusal...
וְ עֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּ רֶ֥כֶב אָדָ
BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...
In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in contr...
And Elam (i) bore the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. (i) He reminds them how God delivered them once from Sennacherib, who brought the Persians and Syrians...
_Wall. Arms were frequently hung thereon, Canticle of Canticles ix. 4. (Calmet)_...
The Prophet, like a true servant of the Lord, though himself had the least hand in bringing down the judgments of God, yet he will be the first to lament them. Alas! when God's corrections are in our...
6._But Elam carrying the quiver. _Here commentators think that the discourse proceeds without any interruption, and that he makes known to the Jews the same judgment which he formerly proclaimed. But...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...
AND ELAM BARE THE QUIVER WITH CHARIOTS OF MEN [AND] HORSEMEN,.... Or the Elamites, as the Targum and Septuagint, that is, the Persians, who were at this time subject to the Assyrians, and served in Se...
_And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield._ Ver. 6. _And Elam,_] _i.e., _ The Persians (great archers, as Corabo testifieth, lib. xvi.), as Kir stand...
_And Elam bare the quiver_ This second member of the first part of this prophecy, which begins here, seems evidently to refer to the Assyrian invasion; for the Medes and Elamites, or Persians, were un...
UNCOVERED: _ Heb._ made naked...
1-7 Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who for...
ELAM; the Persians, who now, and for a long time after. were subject to the Assyrian and Chaldean emperors, and were employed by them in their Wars. BARE THE QUIVER, being expert bow-men, as appears f...
Isaiah 22:6 Elam H5867 bore H5375 (H8804) quiver H827 chariots H7393 men H120 horsemen H6571 Kir H7024 uncovered...
GOD'S PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED HILARITY RESULTING FROM FALSE CONFIDENCE, OR MOURNING OVER SIN AND TRUSTING IN HIM (ISAIAH 22:1) Jerusalem is seen as having become a scene o...
CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming grievous distress. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim. CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...
Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there. Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the world, Jerusalem, growing dark. ⇐ ⇔...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:6 ELAM and KIR refer to foreign invaders. ⇐...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 22:1 A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem, either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...
Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is referred to as the valley of vision. And this is, The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've gone up to the h...
2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; Amos 9:7; Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 15:1;...
Elam — The Persians, who now, and for a long time after, were subject to the Assyrian and Chaldean emperors. Quiver — Being expert bowmen. Horsemen — As some fought on foot, so others fought from char...