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Verse Isaiah 18:2. _IN VESSELS OF BULRUSHES_ - "In vessels of
papyrus"] This circumstance agrees perfectly well with Egypt. It is
well known that the Egyptians commonly used on the Nile a light sort
o...
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THAT SENDETH AMBASSADORS - That is, “accustomed” to send
messengers. What was the design of their thus sending ambassadors does
not appear. The prophet simply intimates the fact; a fact by which
they...
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CHAPTER 18
When Israel Will be Brought Back
1. _The land beyond the rivers of Ethiopia (Isaiah 18:1)_ 2. _The
ambassadors sent (Isaiah 18:2)_ 3. _The trumpet blown and Jehovah's
Message (Isaiah 18:3)...
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ISAIAH 18. ISAIAH DISCOURAGES THE SCHEMES OF ETHIOPIA. This chapter is
probably connected with the policy of the Egyptian alliance so
frequently denounced by Isaiah in 29- 31. Here the negotiations se...
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THE SEA. the Nile. So called by the inhabitants of the Sudan to-day.
BULRUSHES. reeds. Not the papyrus, but its companion reed, the
_ambach,_ which reaches. height of fifteen feet and has yellow
flow...
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The _ambassadors_are those who have arrived in Jerusalem. They had
descended the Nile (here called _the sea_, as in ch. Isaiah 19:5;
Nahum 3:8) in _vessels of bulrushes_(R.V. PAPYRUS). These light
ski...
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The charge to the Ethiopian envoys, along with a poetic description of
the land and people. The tendency of the ancient world to idealise the
Ethiopians is familiar to students of classical literature...
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C. INCESSANT EGYPTIANS - Chapter S 18-20
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
1.
ETHIOPIA
TEXT: Isaiah 18:1-7
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Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia;
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that sendeth ambassado...
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That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes
upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hithert...
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18:2 ravaged, (g-24) Or 'peeled,' 'plucked.' terrible (h-28) Or
'marvellous.' waiting (i-39) Or 'of measure, measure,' i.e. measured
by the judgments of God....
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ETHIOPIA REASSURED
Isaiah here addresses the Ethiopians, who, agitated at the advance of
the Assyrians west-ward, were sending ambassadors to other states to
organise resistance. He foretells the sudd...
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VESSELS OF BULRUSHES] i.e. made of papyrus, such as are still in use
on the Nile. Omit _saying_ and understand the exhortation Go ye, etc.,
as addressed by the prophet to the Ethiopian ambassadors, bi...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 18
GOD WILL PUNISH CUSH
V1 *Woe to the country called Cush where cl...
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The people in Cush have sent *messengers to invite Judah to join in a
force against Assyria. But Isaiah’s message told them to return
home. Military unions will never be sufficient. God’s people shoul...
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הַ שֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּ † יָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּ...
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CHAPTER XVII
ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS
736-702 B.C.
Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
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This is the second of the prophet's soliloquies, and is of the nature
of a proclamation to certain ambassadors who are charged to return to
their people and to wait for Jehovah. This charge is deliver...
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That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of (b) bulrushes
upon the waters, [saying], (c) Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and stripped, to a (d) people terrible from their be...
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Ambassadors. Hebrew, "images," (Bochart) in honour of Adonis; (St.
Cyril) or rather Ezechias, or Tharaca send to demand troops. (Calmet)
--- Bulrushes. Literally, "paper." (Haydock) --- Formed of rush...
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Here is the threat of this enemy. Taking advantage of Israel's
humblings, he cometh on when Israel is cast down. Let the Reader
spiritualize the passage to himself and his own circumstances, and he
wi...
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2._Sending ambassadors by the sea. _This relates strictly to the state
of those times. It would appear that this nation solicited the
Egyptians or Syrians to harass the Jews, or that the Assyrians
emp...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18.
In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne
of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
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THAT SENDETH AMBASSADORS BY THE SEA,.... The Red Sea, which washed the
coasts of Egypt and Ethiopia, and which were united into one kingdom
under Sabacus, or So the Ethiopian, called king of Egypt,
2...
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That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon
the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered
and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hither...
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_That sendeth ambassadors by sea_ That is accustomed to send, or at
this time is sending, ambassadors to strengthen themselves with
leagues and alliances, or to encourage their confederates; _in vesse...
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that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, traversing the waters of that far
country, EVEN IN VESSELS OF BULRUSHES UPON THE WATERS, light and fleet
boats made of the papyrus-reed, SAYING, GO, YE SWIFT MESSE...
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PROPHECY AGAINST ETHIOPIA....
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SCATTERED AND PEELED:
Or, outspread and polished
A NATION METED OUT AND TRODDEN DOWN:
Or, a nation that meteth out, and treadeth down. _Heb._ a nation of
line line, and treading under foot
WHOSE L...
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THAT SENDETH AMBASSADORS; that at this time are sending ambassadors,
after their manner, to strengthen themselves with leagues and
alliances, whereby they think to prevent those judgments and
calamiti...
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ANALYSIS OF ISAIAH 18:1.
a Ah, the land of the whirring of wings, which is beyond the rivers
of Cush, which sends messengers by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus
on the waters. “Go you swift messen...
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THAT SENDETH AMBASSADORS
The local reference is evidently to an embassy from Egypt, resulting
in the alliance denounced in Isaiah 30, 31, (Jeremiah 37:7)....
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CONTENTS: Woe of the land beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, in the day of
Israel's regathering.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Though God's covenant people are trampled on as a nation,
scattered and abus...
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Isaiah 18:1. _Woe to the land shadowing with wings_ranges of
inaccessible mountains called the mountains of the moon, and those to
the east between the Nile and the Red sea. The Nile divided amidst
th...
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_Woe to the land shadowing with wings_
THE ETHIOPIANS
The people here peculiarly described are the Ethiopians, and the
prophet prophesies the effect on Ethiopia of the judgment concerning
Assyria wh...
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PAPER BOATS
Vessels of papyrus. Isaiah 18:2.
Who would have thought that paper boats were mentioned in the Bible?
It is wonderful what you can find there if you hunt.
Do you wonder how they made th...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 18:1
THE HOMAGE OF ETHIOPIA TO JEHOVAH. Amid the general excitement caused
by the advance of Assyria, Ethiopia also is stirred, and stirred to
its furthest limits. The king sends me...
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Now in chapter 18, there are those that see the United States in
chapter 18, but it is rather far-fetched and I am sorry that my mind
can't stretch that far. I cannot see the United States in chapter...
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2 Chronicles 12:2; 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 16:8; Exodus 2:3;...
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Sendeth — That at this time are sending ambassadors, to strengthen
themselves with alliances. Bulrushes — Both the Egyptians and
Ethiopians, used boats of rushes or reeds, which were more convenient
f...