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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 18:1-7

Isaiah 18. Isaiah Discourages the Schemes of Ethiopia.— This chapter is probably connected with the policy of the Egyptian alliance so frequently denounced by Isaiah in 29– 31. Here the negotiations seem to be in the initial stage, and the courteous language of Isaiah agrees best with the view that at present he did not regard the alliance as within the range of practical politics. The land of Ethiopia is described, with special reference to the swarms of flies. Its rivers are the Blue and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 18:1

The land; either, 1. Of Arabia; or, 2. Of Ethiopia beyond Egypt; or, 3. Of Egypt, as some both ancient and later interpreters judge; of whom he speaks more darkly in this chapter, and then explains himself more clearly in the next chapter. But this controversy will be best determined by examining the following description. Shadowing with wings: the title of wings is oft given, both in Scripture and in other authors, unto divers things which have, some general kind of resemblance to wings, as to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 18:1-7

Chapter 18Now in chapter 18, there are those that see the United States in chapter 18, but it is rather far-fetched and I am sorry that my mind can't stretch that far. I cannot see the United States in chapter 18.Woe to the land shadowing with wings ( Isaiah 18:1 ),And they point out that on the top of the American flag there's an eagle with wings. So "shadowing with wings."which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia ( Isaiah 18:1 ):And, of course, we are beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.That sendeth... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 18:1-7

Isaiah 18:1 . Woe to the land shadowing with wings ranges of inaccessible mountains called the mountains of the moon, and those to the east between the Nile and the Red sea. The Nile divided amidst those mountains. Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; that is, the southern streams and branches of the Nile, which run into the centre of Cush or Ethiopia. We must confess that the language here is very obscure, and the innumerable glosses given to the figures of this verse, is full proof of that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 18:1-3

Isaiah 18:1-3Woe to the land shadowing with wingsThe EthiopiansThe people here peculiarly described are the Ethiopians, and the prophet prophesies the effect on Ethiopia of the judgment concerning Assyria which Jehovah executes, as Drechsler has convincingly proved, and as is now universally recognised.(F. Delitzsch.)EthiopiaWhat land is it of which the prophet speaks? It is no doubt Ethiopia itself, a great kingdom in the olden time. For although he says “beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,” that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 18:1

Isa 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: Ver. 1. Woe to the land. ] To Ethiopia, described here, (1.) By the shady mountains wherewith it is surrounded; (2.) By the rivers wherewith it is watered. a Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia. ] Or, Which is along by the rivers, even Ethiopia, which also may be said to be "beyond the rivers," i.e., beyond the seven streams of Nile in respect of Jerusalem. a Strabo. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 18:1

am cir, 3290, bc cir, 714 Woe: Bp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed. If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings. the land: Isaiah 20:3-Joshua :, Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:3, Isaiah... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 18:1

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:The lord — Either Ethiopia beyond Egypt; or of Egypt.Wings — The title of wings is given, in scripture, to divers things which have some kind of resemblance to wings, as to the battlements of an house or temple, to an army, and to the sails of a ship, as this word is here commonly understood. And shadowing with wings is nothing else but overspread or filled with them. Which title may be given either to Ethiopia or... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 18:1

1. Woe Not minatory, but salutatory: Ho! Land shadowing with wings Or, land of the clanging sound of wings; the buzz or rustling of insect wings; or, as some interpret, referring to the rustle and clatter of marching armies; as if it means, “Ho, land that sends forth armies to the aid of invaded Egypt below.” Beyond the rivers That is, regions lying south of Egypt around and beyond the head-waters of the Nile. read more