Bible Commentary

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. 12. The morning cometh, and also the night ] The watchman’s answer is designedly obscure. It may mean either that the seer has obtained no clear vision of the destiny in store for Edom; or that he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:12”

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 11. The burden of Dumah ] The best known place of this name is the Dmat el-Jendel (“rocky Dumah”) of the Arabian geographers (mentioned in Gen 25:14). It lay to the north of Tema … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:11”

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. 10. The application to Israel, addressed as my threshing (i.e. threshed one) and my child of the threshing-floor forcible figurative epithets of Israel as a nation crushed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:10”

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, [with] a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. 9. Hardly has he spoken when the appointed vision appears: And, behold, here cometh a troop of men, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:9”

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 8. If the text be right, the first clause must read: And he cried (like) a lion (Rev 10:3). My lord ] The A.V. seems here to assume that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:8”

And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, [and] a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: 7. The verse reads: And if he see a troop, horsemen in pairs (1Ki 9:25), a troop of asses, a troop of camels, then let him hearken, hearken hard. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:7”

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 6. Go, set, &c. ] Render, Go set the watchman, what he seeth he shall declare. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 6 9. Hitherto the prophet has spoken of his vision as a thing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:6”

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield. 5. The prophet contrasts his own lonely vigils with the careless security of the Babylonian revellers (cf. Daniel 5; Jer 51:39; Isa 14:11). Prepare the table, &c. ] Render as in R.V. They prepare the table, they set the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:5”

My heart panted, fearfulness frightened me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. 4. My heart panted ] lit. strayeth; as we should say “my reason reels.” “Heart,” as often, is used of the intellect. fearfulness ] R.V. horror. the night of my pleasure ] i.e. “my pleasant evening hours,” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:4”

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it]. 3. are my loins filled with pain ] Nah 2:10. I was bowed down at the hearing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 21:3”