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Verse Isaiah 21:8. _AND HE CRIED, A LION _- "He that looked out on the
watch"] The present reading, אריה _aryeh, a lion_, is so
unintelligible, and the mistake so obvious, that I make no doubt that
th...
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AND HE CRIED, A LION - Margin, ‘As a lion.’ This is the correct
rendering. The particle כ (_k_) - ‘as,’ is not unfrequently
omitted (see Isaiah 62:5; Psalms 11:1). That is, ‘I see them
approach with t...
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CHAPTER 21
The Burdens of the Desert of the Sea, of Dumah, and Arabia
1. _The burden of the desert of the sea (Babylon) (Isaiah 21:1)_ 2.
_The burden of Dumah (Isaiah 21:11)_ 3. The burden upon Arabi...
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THE CAPTURE OF BABYLON. This prophecy describes a siege and capture of
Babylon by Elam and Media. It is almost universally considered to have
been written shortly before the capture of Babylon by Cyru...
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ALION: MY LORD*. Read: [as]. lion, "O LORD", &c....
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If the text be right, the first clause must read: AND HE CRIED (LIKE)
A LION (Revelation 10:3).
_My lord_ The A.V. seems here to assume that the prophet is addressed
by his watchman. R.V. and most in...
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Hitherto the prophet has spoken of his vision as a thing "announced"
to him; now he proceeds to describe, in a very interesting passage,
the method of its communication. The delineation is figurative,...
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FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SAID UNTO ME— The Holy Spirit, having
proposed to make Isaiah, and by him the church, most certain of this
memorable event, confirms the preceding revelation by an elegant
emble...
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D. IRREVERENT ENEMIES - Chapter S 21-23
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
1.
BABYLON, EDOM AND ARABIA
a. BABYLON
TEXT: Isaiah 21:1-10
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The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South
sweep...
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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:
AND HE CRIED, A LION - rather, '(the watchman) cried, I am as a
lion:' s...
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VISION OF BABYLON'S FALL
The subject of this section is the siege of Babylon, and the dismay
with which the prophet receives tidings of its fall. The siege
referred to can scarcely be the one at the c...
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RV 'cried as a lion.'...
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The *look-out emphasises that he is loyally doing his duty....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 21
ENEMIES DESTROY BABYLON
V1 A special message about Babylon that God gave to Isaia...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל ־מִצְפֶּ֣ה
׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י...
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CHAPTER XI
DRIFTING TO EGYPT
720-705 13. B.C.
Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1
FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
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In this chapter we have prophecies concerning Babylon, Dumah, and
Arabia. With regard to Babylon, the prophet has seen the vision of the
whirlwind sweeping against it, and so terrible is it that he is...
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And he cried, A (l) lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the
watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my post whole nights:
(l) Meaning, Darius who overcame Babylon....
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Here by vision, a sketch of that memorable event is given to the
Prophet. Though at a distance of time and place so remote; yet the
outline of the horrors of Babylon is given to the Prophet, to behold...
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8._And he cried, A lion. _“Having hearkened diligently with much
heed,” at length he observes _a lion_. This is supposed to mean
Darius who conquered and pillaged Babylon, as we learn from Daniel.
(Da...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah
will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of
Je...
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AND HE CRIED, A LION,.... That is, the watchman cried, a lion, or that
he saw a lion; not Uriah the priest, as the Septuagint; nor Habakkuk,
as some Jewish writers; but Cyrus, at the head of the Persi...
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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:
Ver. 8. _And he cried, A lion,_] _i.e., _ A stout and cruel enemy is
upon...
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_And he cried, A lion_ “The present reading, אריה, _a lion_, is
so unintelligible,” says Bishop Lowth, “and the mistake so
obvious, that I make no doubt that the true reading is הראה,”
(_he that saw_,...
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And he cried, in growing impatience, A LION, properly, "as a lion,"
with a lion-like voice, MY LORD, I STAND CONTINUALLY UPON THE
WATCH-TOWER IN THE DAYTIME, AND I AM SET IN MY WARD WHOLE NIGHTS, in
s...
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THE ORACLE AGAINST BABYLON...
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HE CRIED, A LION:
Or, cried as a lion
WHOLE NIGHTS:
Or, every night...
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1-10 Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction
of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the
destruction of the great foe of the New Testament church, foretol...
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AND HE CRIED, A LION: the sense of the words thus rendered is this,
The watchman cried out, I see also a lion, to wit, marching before the
horsemen and chariots already mentioned; which they suppose t...
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Isaiah 21:8 cried H7121 (H8799) lion H738 Lord H136 stand H5975
(H8802) continually H8548 watchtower H4707 daytime...
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CHAPTER 21 THE BURDENS ON THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA, ON DUMAH AND ON
ARABIA.
We now come to the second five of the ten burdens. And here we pause
to note the careful way in which the prophecy has been...
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THE BURDEN OF THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA (ISAIAH 21:1).
The interpretations of this prophecy have been varied although all
finally must relate it to one of the sackings of Babylon (Isaiah 21:9)
of whic...
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CONTENTS: Four burdens anticipating Sennacherib's invasion.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Neither the skill of archers nor the courage of mighty men
can protect a people from the judgments of...
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Isaiah 21:1. _The desert of the sea._ The army which invaded Babylon
came not directly against it; but Cyrus made a circuitous route, and
collected part of his army from the deserts and mountains towa...
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_The burden of the desert of the sea_
THE DESERT OF THE SEA
This enigmatical name for Babylon was no doubt suggested by the actual
character of the country in which the city stood.
It was an endless...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling
and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah ...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:7, ISAIAH 21:9 RIDERS. Mounted warriors....
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 21:1
THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA. This is a short and somewhat
vague, but highly poetic, "burden of Babylon" It is probably an
earlier prophecy than...
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Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 21.
Isaiah begins this particular prophecy and addresses it to Babylon
which was referred to as,
The desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass (Isaiah 21:1)...
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1 Peter 5:8; Habakkuk 2:1; Habakkuk 2:2; Isaiah 5:29; Isaiah 56:10;...
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A lion — The watchmen cried out, I see also a lion marching before
the horsemen and chariots: which they suppose to represent Cyrus or
Darius marching in the head of their armies. My lord — The watchm...