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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:6

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 to pass. All this is designed merely to bring the manner of the destruction of the city more vividly before the eye. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:5

Isaiah 21:5. Prepare the table Furnish it with meats and drinks, as it follows. The prophet foretels what the Babylonians would be doing when their enemies were upon the point of entering their city: Watch in the watch-tower To give us notice of any approaching danger, that we may more securely indulge ourselves in mirth and pleasures. Arise, ye princes Either, 1st, Ye princes of Babylon. Arise from the table, and run to your arms: which sudden alarm was the consequence of tidings from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:6

Isaiah 21:6. 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, and, by him, the church, most certain of this memorable event, confirms the preceding revelation by an elegant emblem, offered to the prophet in vision. This emblem exhibits to us the prophet commanded by God to set a watchman, in this verse; and, in what follows, the consequence of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:1-10

Vision of the fall of Babylon (21:1-10)The next message of judgment concerns ‘the wilderness of the sea’ (RSV), which we soon learn is another name for mighty Babylon. The prophet has a vision of its destruction, which occurred in 539 BC when the combined forces of Persia (Elam) and Media conquered the city (21:1-2). (Daniel 5:1-31 records the story of Babylon’s capture while the king was feasting with his mighty men.)Although the prophet always longed for the destruction of Judah’s oppressors,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 21:5

Prepare, &c. Figure of speech Irony. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 21:5

"They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up ye princes, anoint the shield."This is the verse which some say points inevitably to the drunken feast of Belshazzar on the night of the Medo-Persian capture of Babylon. It surely does suggest it; but there are some problems with thus accepting it. "Spread the table," as used here is a "far from certain rendition."[12] Furthermore, "Anointing the shield" suggests a preparation for battle that was not evident at all on... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 21:6

"For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he seeth: and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed."All are agreed that Isaiah himself was the "watchman" set to announce the coming destruction. Hailey believes this to be indicated by the expression, "O Lord" in Isaiah 21:8.[13]The mention of asses and camels as participating in the overthrow has been used to bolster the false... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:3-5

Isaiah 21:3-5. Therefore are my loins filled with pain, &c.— We have here a symbolical description of the greatness of the Babylonish calamity; the prophet exhibiting in himself, as in a figure, an emblem of the extreme distress, consternation, and horror, which should ensue upon this occasion. See ch. Isa 15:5 Isaiah 16:8-9. Luke 21:26. The expression, The night of my pleasure, alludes to the remarkable circumstance of Babylon's being taken in the night of an annual festival, which is more... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:6-9

Isaiah 21:6-9. 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 emblem, offered to the prophet in vision; which confirmation makes the other part of this prophetic. This emblem exhibits to us the prophet commanded by God to set a watchman, in this verse; and in what follows, the consequence of the execution of the command; namely, that the watchman... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:5

5. Prepare the table—namely, the feast in Babylon; during which Cyrus opened the dykes made by Semiramis to confine the Euphrates to one channel and suffered them to overflow the country, so that he could enter Babylon by the channel of the river. Isaiah first represents the king ordering the feast to be got ready. The suddenness of the irruption of the foe is graphically expressed by the rapid turn in the language to an alarm addressed to the Babylonian princes, "Arise," c. (compare Isaiah... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 21:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 21:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 21:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:3-5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 21:6-9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:5

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