E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 21:15
they fled. From the Assyrian invaders. read more
以賽亞書 21:15 Cunpts
E.W. Bullinger
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:14-15
Isaiah 21:14-15. The inhabitants of the land of Tema— Or, O ye inhabitants of the land of Tema, bring ye water to him that is thirsty; prevent, or meet the fugitive with bread, Isaiah 21:15. For they flee. We have here a figurative description of this judgment. The prophet beholds the Arabians seized with great fear; flying without their baggage, on account of the Assyrians, who are pursuing them with their drawn swords. He therefore commands the inhabitants of the land of Tema, their... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:15
15. they—the fugitive Dedanites and other Arabs. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:13-17
The oracle against Arabia 21:13-17The preceding oracle promised prolonged recurring trouble for Edom, but this one warns that the Arabians would suffer defeat soon."Evening darkness is settling upon Arabia, and the morning-land is becoming an evening-land." [Note: Delitzsch, 1:386.] read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:14-15
Other Arabians would provide sustenance for the refugees of war who would seek them out (cf. Isaiah 16:2-3). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 21:13-17
Judgment upon ArabiaThis 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 caravans must take to flight, and other Arabian tribes shall share their fate.13. In the forest, etc.] The trading caravans must turn from their route and hide themselves because of the invasion. Arabia] in OT. denotes the N. part of what we call Arabia.Dedanim] a tribe dwelling near Edom (Ezekiel 27:15).... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 21:15
(15) For they fled from the swords.—The fourfold repetition of the somewhat full form of the Hebrew preposition (literally, from the face of) seems as if intended to emphasise the several stages of retreat. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 21:1-17
Twilight and Trembling Isaiah 21:4 You all know that the twilight is a great wizard. I do not know whether you have ever thought to analyse its subtle power. If you have, I think you will have found that the spell of the twilight lies quite as much in what it hides from us as in what it reveals. It casts a filmy veil of indistinctness over all things we see softening their hardness, dealing gently with their defects, making such beauty as they possess more suggestive and idealistic. The... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:1-17
2CHAPTER XVIIISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS736-702 B.C.Isaiah 14:24-32; Isaiah 15:1-9; Isaiah 16:1-14; Isaiah 17:1-14; Isaiah 18:1-7; Isaiah 19:1-25; Isaiah 20:1-6; Isaiah 21:1-17; Isaiah 23:1-18THE centre of the Book of Isaiah (chapters 13 to 23) is occupied by a number of long and short prophecies which are a fertile source of perplexity to the conscientious reader of the Bible. With the exhilaration of one who traverses plain roads and beholds vast prospects, he has passed through the opening... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:11-17
Edomites and Arabs (21:11-17)The prophet has a short message for the people of Edom, who cry out from their stronghold in Mt Seir, asking how much longer they must be oppressed. The answer is not encouraging. They will get a brief relief from their sufferings, but then they will be oppressed again (11-12).Wandering Arabs also will suffer from the cruel attacks of the invaders. Thirsty and hungry, they will flee from place to place looking for safety and shelter (13-15). But whatever refuge they... read more