Verses 6-7
6, 7. Elam Not Persia, as a whole, but a district within it, supplying soldiers that used the bow.
Kir A province in Assyria on the river Kuros, which furnished men with lances and shields, (shields were in cases when not used.) However, Rawlinson locates “Kir” near the mouths of the Euphrates and of the Tigris.
In either case, the siege of this chapter may be that of Nebuchadnezzar, B.C. 605, or it may cover the character of several sieges, then future to Isaiah.
Thy choicest valleys That is, those passable to chariots near Jerusalem. These were Rephaim on the south, and the plateau north.
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