‘The eighteenth chapter of Isaiah,’ says bishop Horsley, ‘is one
of the most obscure passages of the ancient prophets. It has been
considered as such by the whole succession of interpreters from Jerom...
A prophetic charge to the Ethiopian Ambassadors
The theme of this striking prophecy is, like that of the preceding,
the impending overthrow of the Assyrian power; its peculiar dramatic
form is explai...
EXAMINATION
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Medes
Spain
Day Star
Hezekiah
Philistia
Jotham
Nebo
Phoenicia
Damascus
Nathan
Hivites
Elam
Ethiopia
Armenia
Nile
coast of Palestine
Pharaoh
king of Babylon
Memphis...
INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 18
This chapter is a prophecy of the desolation of a land or country,
described by the wings with which it was shaded, and by the rivers by
which it was situated, Isaiah 18:1 b...
_A.M. 3290. B.C. 714._
The prophecy contained in this chapter, says Bishop Lowth, “is one
of the most obscure in the whole book of Isaiah. The subject of it,
the end and design of it, the people to w...
CHAPTER 18 AMBASSADORS COME FROM CUSH AND EGYPT.
Prior to his burden in respect of Egypt (Isaiah 19:1) Isaiah's thought
now turn towards that land. This was the result of Cushite ambassadors
arriving...