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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:1

The burden - (see the note at Isaiah 13:1).Of the desert - There have been almost as many interpretations of this expression, as there have been interpreters. That it means Babylon, or the country about Babylon, there can be no doubt; but the question why this phrase was applied, has given rise to a great diversity of opinions. The term ‘desert’ (מדבר midbâr) is usually applied to a wilderness, or to a comparatively barren and uncultivated country - a place for flocks and herds (Psalms 65:13;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:2

A grievous vision - Margin, as in Hebrew ‘Hard.’ On the word ‘vision,’ see the note at Isaiah 1:1. The sense here is, that the vision which the prophet saw was one that indicated great calamity Isaiah 21:3-4.Is declared unto me - That is, is caused to pass before me, and its meaning is made known to me.The treacherous dealer - (חבוגד chabôgēd). The perfidious, unfaithful people. This is the usual signification of the word; but the connection here does not seem to require the signification of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:3

Therefore - In this verse, and the following, the prophet represents himself as “in” Babylon, and as a witness of the calamities which would come upon the city. He describes the sympathy which he feels in her sorrows, and represents himself as deeply affected by her calamities. A similar description occurred in the pain which the prophet represents himself as enduring on account of the calamities of Moab (see Isaiah 15:5, note; Isaiah 16:11, note).My loins - (see the note at Isaiah 16:11).With... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:4

My heart panted - Margin, ‘My mind wandered.’ The Hebrew word rendered ‘panted’ (תעה tâ‛âh) means to wander about; to stagger; to be giddy; and is applied often to one that staggers by being intoxicated. Applied to the heart, it means that it is disquieted or troubled. The Hebrew word “heart” here is to be taken in the sense of “mind.”The night of my pleasure - There can be no doubt that the prophet here refers to the night of revelry and riot in which Babylon was taken. The prophet calls it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:5

Prepare the table - This verse is one of the most striking and remarkable that occurs in this prophecy, or indeed in any part of Isaiah. It is language supposed to be spoken in Babylon. The first direction - perhaps supposed to be that of the king - is to prepare the table for the feast. Then follows a direction to set a watch - to make the city safe, so that they might revel without fear. Then a command to eat and drink: and then immediately a sudden order, as if alarmed at an unexpected... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:1

Isaiah 21:1. The burden of the desert of the sea That is, of Babylon, as is evident from Isaiah 21:9. Some think it is so called prophetically, because, although it was at present a populous city, it was shortly to be made desolate, and turned into a marsh, and pools of water. But מדבר ים may be properly rendered, the plain of the sea: for Babylon stood on a plain, and the country about it, and especially below it, toward the sea, was a great flat morass, often overflowed by the Euphrates... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:2

Isaiah 21:2. A grievous vision is declared unto me A vision or prophecy, predicting dreadful calamities about to fall upon Babylon. The treacherous dealer, &c. In these words the prophet either describes the sin of the Chaldeans, for which God would send the following judgment upon them, namely, they persisted in the practice of treachery and rapine, to which they had been so long accustomed; or he speaks of the Medes and Persians, and represents them as paying the Babylonians in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:3-4

Isaiah 21:3-4. Therefore my loins, &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 on this occasion.” See Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 16:8-9; Luke 21:26. He speaks of his loins being filled with pain, with a reference to the following similitude of child- bearing. Pangs have taken hold on me Sharp and grievous pains, or... 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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 21:3-4

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 21:1-10

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