And the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of (x) Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].
(x) Which was the name of a people of Arabia: and by the horrible destruction of all these nations, he teaches the Jews that there is no place for refuge or to escape God's wrath, but only to remain in his Church, and to live in his fear.
Verse Isaiah 21:17. _THE ARCHERS, THE MIGHTY MEN OF THE CHILDREN OF_ _KEDAR_ - "The mighty bowmen of the sons of Kedar"] _Sagittariorum_ _fortium, Vulg_.; transposing the two words, and reading גבורי...
AND THE RESIDUE OF THE NUMBER - That is, those who shall be left in the invasion. Or perhaps it may be read, ‘There shall be a renmant of the number of bowmen; the mighty people of Kedar shall be dimi...
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...
ORACLE ON THE DEDANITES. Date and authorship are unknown. If by Isaiah it may refer to an expected invasion in 720 or 711. Probably Isaiah 21:16 f, is an appendix, the original oracle, Isaiah 21:13. b...
MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor_. App-14. CHILDREN. sons....
The oracle on Arabia, Isaiah 21:13 A vision (Isaiah 21:13) and its interpretation (Isaiah 21:16). A caravan of the merchant-tribe of Dedan is seen driven by stress of war from the regular route, and...
_the number of archers_ Lit. "of the bows." The bow was the chief weapon of the Northern Arabs, as of their progenitor Ishmael, Genesis 21:20....
FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SAID, &C.— Hitherto the prophet had spoken figuratively: he now ceases to do so. This period contains, _first,_ the circumstance of the time connected with the execution of this...
b. EDOM AND ARABIA TEXT: Isaiah 21:11-17 11 The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning comet...
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. THE RESIDUE ... DIMINISHED - the remnant of Arab...
The forecast was fulfilled in the victories over the Arabian tribes by Sargon and Sennacherib, as related in their inscriptions....
JUDGMENT UPON ARABIA This section concerns the N. Arabian tribes. For the occasion see prefatory note on Isaiah 21:11; Isaiah 21:12. 13-17. Owing to the incursions of the As Syrians the Dedanite car...
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...
Further south still, Kedar too, with its great army, will suffer a heavy defeat. And this defeat will happen in less than a year’s time. VISION ~ a mental picture from God to show something from God...
וּ שְׁאָ֧ר מִסְפַּר ־קֶ֛שֶׁת גִּבֹּורֵ֥י בְנֵֽי...
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...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! while reading the burdens of others, do not overlook thine own: but if Jesus, that almighty burden bearer, hath removed the guilt and dominion of sin from thee; while thou art pr...
The Arabians and Dedanims are here brought in for a portion of the calamities now hanging over the countries to be made desolate. It is probable, that the latter were the descendants of Dedan, a son o...
17._And the residue of the archers. _He threatens that this slaughter will not be the end of their evils, because if there be any residue in Arabia, they will gradually decrease; as if he had said, “T...
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 THE RESIDUE OF THE NUMBER OF ARCHERS,.... Or of "bow" g, for "bows": that is, of men that use the bow, or are expert at it, as the Kedarenes were, both for taking wild beasts, and fighting with me...
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it]. Ver. 17. _And the residue of the number of archers...
_For thus hath the Lord said_ Hitherto the prophet had spoken figuratively: now he ceases to do so; _within a year_ From the time of the delivery of this prophecy, _according to the years of a hirelin...
AGAINST EDOM AND ARABIA...
and the residue of the number of archers, the remnant of the Arab warriors, noted for their skill with the bow, THE MIGHTY MEN OF THE CHILDREN OF KEDAR, celebrated for their warlike nature, SHALL BE D...
ARCHERS: _ Heb._ bows...
13-17 The Arabians lived in tents, and kept cattle. A destroying army shall be brought upon them, and make them an easy prey. We know not what straits we may be brought into before we die. Those may...
ARCHERS; bows and arrows were their: chief weapons, and they were expert in the use of them, both against beasts and men, as occasion required....
Isaiah 21:17 remainder H7605 number H4557 archers H7198 men H1368 people H1121 Kedar H6938 diminished H4591 (H8799)
THE BURDEN UPON ARABIA (ISAIAH 21:13). Arabia is not offered such hope. She is rightly apprehensive, and her troops, which had been involved in the alliance, have returned as fugitives. And she has n...
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...
_Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, sad all the glory of Kedar shall fail_ END OF THE YEAR: A WARNING AND A LESSON I. A TERRIBLE THREATENING. We have here a prophecy of the fall of...
_The burden upon Arabia_ ARABIA The term “Arabia,” in the Old Testament, is not used in such a wide sense as in modern English, and denotes merely a particular, tribe, having its home in the norther...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah ...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:13 The third oracle shows fugitives running from violence. ⇐ ⇔...
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)...
Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 10:18; Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 17:4; Isaiah 17:5;...