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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 21:14

Tema. Descendants of Abraham through Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 25:3 . 1 Chronicles 1:32 ) : both mentioned in Jeremiah 25:23 .Job 6:19 . brought = bring ye. prevented = meet ye. read more

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 21:14

14. Tema—a kindred tribe: an oasis in that region (Jeremiah 25:23). The Temeans give water to the faint and thirsting Dedanites; the greatest act of hospitality in the burning lands of the East, where water is so scarce. prevented—that is, anticipated the wants of the fugitive Dedanites by supplying bread (Genesis 14:18). their bread—rather, "his (the fugitive's) bread"; the bread due to him, necessary for his support; so "thy grave" (Isaiah 14:19), [MAURER]. 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 21:14

(14) The inhabitants of . . . Tema . . .—Another element of suffering comes into the picture. The Dedanites, driven out of their usual route into the desert, find their provisions fail them, and the men of Tema, fearing to invite them to their tents, lest they too should be smitten by the invader, are compelled to take out bread and water stealthily. The name of Tema (now Taima), is found on the pilgrim route from Damascus to Mecca, and again on that between Palmyra and Petra, on the east of... 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