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GO, SET A WATCHMAN - This was said to Isaiah in the vision. He
represents himself as in Babylon, and as hearing God command him to
set a watchman on the watch-tower who would announce what was to come...
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CHAPTER 21
The Burdens of the Desert of the Sea, of Dumah, and Arabia
1. _The burden of the desert of the sea (Babylon) (Isaiah 21:1)_ 2.
_The burden of Dumah (Isaiah 21:11)_ 3. The burden upon Arabi...
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THE CAPTURE OF BABYLON. This prophecy describes a siege and capture of
Babylon by Elam and Media. It is almost universally considered to have
been written shortly before the capture of Babylon by Cyru...
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Hitherto the prophet has spoken of his vision as a thing "announced"
to him; now he proceeds to describe, in a very interesting passage,
the method of its communication. The delineation is figurative,...
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_Go, set, &c._ Render, GO SET THE WATCHMAN, WHAT HE SEETH HE SHALL
DECLARE....
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FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SAID UNTO ME— The Holy Spirit, having
proposed to make Isaiah, and by him the church, most certain of this
memorable event, confirms the preceding revelation by an elegant
emble...
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D. IRREVERENT ENEMIES - Chapter S 21-23
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
1.
BABYLON, EDOM AND ARABIA
a. BABYLON
TEXT: Isaiah 21:1-10
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The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South
sweep...
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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," a...
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VISION OF BABYLON'S FALL
The subject of this section is the siege of Babylon, and the dismay
with which the prophet receives tidings of its fall. The siege
referred to can scarcely be the one at the c...
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The prophet himself is the watchman....
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Now the *Lord speaks. He tells Isaiah to appoint a *look-out to watch
for somebody who is bringing news to Judah. It will be news about one
of Judah’s neighbours....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 21
ENEMIES DESTROY BABYLON
V1 A special message about Babylon that God gave to Isaia...
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כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י
לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמ
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CHAPTER XI
DRIFTING TO EGYPT
720-705 13. B.C.
Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1
FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
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In this chapter we have prophecies concerning Babylon, Dumah, and
Arabia. With regard to Babylon, the prophet has seen the vision of the
whirlwind sweeping against it, and so terrible is it that he is...
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For thus hath the (i) Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth.
(i) That is, in a vision by the spirit of prophecy....
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Here by vision, a sketch of that memorable event is given to the
Prophet. Though at a distance of time and place so remote; yet the
outline of the horrors of Babylon is given to the Prophet, to behold...
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6._For thus hath the Lord said to me. _The Prophet is commanded to set
a _watchman _on the watchtower, to see these things at a distance; for
they cannot be perceived by the eyes, or learned by conjec...
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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...
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FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SAID UNTO ME,.... This is a confirmation of the
above prophecy from the Lord himself, he showing to the prophet, in a
visionary way, the ruin of Babylon, and the means and instr...
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_For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth._
Ver. 6. _For thus hath the Lord said unto me._] Confirming, by a
prophetic vision, what I had foretold concer...
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_For thus hath the Lord said unto me_ I speak only what God hath
caused me to see and hear in a vision, the particulars whereof are
related in the following verses. “The Holy Spirit, to make Isaiah,
a...
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For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him
declare what he seeth, this watchman being the prophet's substitute in
declaring the vision....
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THE ORACLE AGAINST BABYLON...
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1-10 Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction
of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the
destruction of the great foe of the New Testament church, foretol...
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Isaiah 21:6 Lord H136 said H559 (H8804) Go H3212 (H8798) set H5975
(H8685) watchman H6822 ...
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CHAPTER 21 THE BURDENS ON THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA, ON DUMAH AND ON
ARABIA.
We now come to the second five of the ten burdens. And here we pause
to note the careful way in which the prophecy has been...
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THE BURDEN OF THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA (ISAIAH 21:1).
The interpretations of this prophecy have been varied although all
finally must relate it to one of the sackings of Babylon (Isaiah 21:9)
of whic...
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CONTENTS: Four burdens anticipating Sennacherib's invasion.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Neither the skill of archers nor the courage of mighty men
can protect a people from the judgments of...
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Isaiah 21:1. _The desert of the sea._ The army which invaded Babylon
came not directly against it; but Cyrus made a circuitous route, and
collected part of his army from the deserts and mountains towa...
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_The burden of the desert of the sea_
THE DESERT OF THE SEA
This enigmatical name for Babylon was no doubt suggested by the actual
character of the country in which the city stood.
It was an endless...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling
and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah ...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 21:1
THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA. This is a short and somewhat
vague, but highly poetic, "burden of Babylon" It is probably an
earlier prophecy than...
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Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 21.
Isaiah begins this particular prophecy and addresses it to Babylon
which was referred to as,
The desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass (Isaiah 21:1)...
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2 Kings 9:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:2; Habakkuk 2:1; Habakkuk 2:2;
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Go set — This was now done only in a vision, but it signified what
should be done really afterwards....