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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:16-17

Isaiah 21:16-17. 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 judgment, and the greatness of the judgment itself. Nothing can be more clear than the former: With respect to the latter, the meaning is, that the Arabians should suffer a grievous slaughter, in which the greater part of their heroes and principal men should fall; while they,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:17

17. residue . . . diminished—The remnant of Arab warriors, famous in the bow, left after the invasion, shall be small. 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 21:16-17

Within precisely a year, however, these Arabians would suffer destruction and their army would dissolve. Their end would be due to the sovereign Lord, not to the force of opposing armies. The Lord Himself assured the prophet of this.The place that refugees from advancing Gentile armies would seek security, Arabia, would soon prove insecure. Israel should not trust in this neighbor but in her Lord. 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 21:17

(17) And the residue . . .—The Hebrew word is the same as the characteristic “remnant” of Isaiah’s earlier prophecies. The words point primarily to the subjugation of Arabia by Sargon and Sennacherib, who narrate their victories over the Arabian tribes (Records of the Past, vii. 34). In Jeremiah 49:28-29 we have an echo of the prediction, which, in that case, pointed to their conquest by Nebuchadnezzar. 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 21:1-17

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 21:1-10 ) 2. The burden of Dumah (Isaiah 21:11-12 ) 3. The burden upon Arabia (Isaiah 21:13-17 ) The fall of Babylon is predicted, for Media is mentioned. This event was over two centuries in the future. Isaiah beholds the Persian hosts advancing. Such is prophecy, “history written in advance.” read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 21:17

21:17 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. read more