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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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:1

1. desert—the champaign between Babylon and Persia; it was once a desert, and it was to become so again. of the sea—The plain was covered with the water of the Euphrates like a "sea" (Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 51:36; so Isaiah 11:15, the Nile), until Semiramis raised great dams against it. Cyrus removed these dykes, and so converted the whole country again into a vast desert marsh. whirlwinds in the south— (Job 37:9; Zechariah 9:14). The south wind comes upon Babylon from the deserts of Arabia,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:2

2. dealeth treacherously—referring to the military stratagem employed by Cyrus in taking Babylon. It may be translated, "is repaid with treachery"; then the subject of the verb is Babylon. She is repaid in her own coin; Isaiah 33:1; Habakkuk 2:8, favor this. Go up—Isaiah abruptly recites the order which he hears God giving to the Persians, the instruments of His vengeance (Isaiah 13:3; Isaiah 13:17). Elam—a province of Persia, the original place of their settlement (Isaiah 13:17- :), east of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:3

3. Isaiah imagines himself among the exiles in Babylon and cannot help feeling moved by the calamities which come on it. So for Moab (Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 16:11). pain—(Compare Isaiah 13:8; Ezekiel 30:4; Ezekiel 30:19; Nahum 2:10). at the hearing—The Hebrew may mean, "I was so bowed down that I could not hear; I was so dismayed that I could not see" (Genesis 16:2; Psalms 69:23) [MAURER]. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:4

4. panted—"is bewildered" [BARNES]. night of my pleasure—The prophet supposes himself one of the banqueters at Belshazzar's feast, on the night that Babylon was about to be taken by surprise; hence his expression, "my pleasure" (Isaiah 14:11; Jeremiah 51:39; Daniel 5:1-31). 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1

This oracle concerns the wilderness of the sea. This enigmatic title probably refers to the flat Mesopotamian plain northwest of the Persian Gulf, which the Assyrian and Babylonian empires occupied (cf. Isaiah 21:9). This area would become a wilderness because of God’s judgment. The oracle came as a sirocco (a hot, desert wind) from the Negev, a region infamous in Judah for its barrenness and heat. The destruction coming on Babylonia from a terrifying land would be similar to the devastation... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1-10

The second oracle against Babylon 21:1-10This is a message of the destruction of the anti-God religious and commercial system that Babylon has symbolized throughout history (cf. Revelation 17-18). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:2

Isaiah received this harsh vision. Treachery and destruction continued to mark the Persian Gulf area. Elam and Media were to go up against this foe to put an end to her evil ways that produced groaning in her victims. Elam ceased to oppose the Mesopotamian powers by 639 B.C., so Isaiah evidently gave this oracle before then, possible as early as the Babylonian Merodach-baladan’s visit to Jerusalem about 701 B.C. (cf. ch. 39)."Elam and Media were peoples from the Iranian highlands who were... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:3-4

The thought that God would destroy Babylon completely undid the prophet (cf. Isaiah 13:7-8). His reaction evidences some compassion for the Babylonians, even though they were a threat to Judah’s security, as well as shock that the destruction would be so great. read more

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 21:4

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:1-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 21:3-4

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