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Isaiah 21:6
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
_Go, set, &c._ Render, GO SET THE WATCHMAN, WHAT HE SEETH HE SHALL DECLARE....
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,...
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...
D. IRREVERENT ENEMIES - Chapter S 21-23 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 1. BABYLON, EDOM AND ARABIA a. BABYLON TEXT: Isaiah 21:1-10 1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep...
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...
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...
The prophet himself is the watchman....
כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֵלַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י לֵ֚ךְ הַעֲמ
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
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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....
THE ORACLE AGAINST BABYLON...
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...
THUS HATH THE LORD SAID UNTO ME; I speak not my own fancies, but what God hath made me to see and hear in a vision; the particulars whereof are related in the following verses. A WATCHMAN; either, 1....
Isaiah 21:6 Lord H136 said H559 (H8804) Go H3212 (H8798) set H5975 (H8685) watchman H6822 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah ...
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...
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)...
2 Kings 9:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:2; Habakkuk 2:1; Habakkuk 2:2;
Go set — This was now done only in a vision, but it signified what should be done really afterwards....