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Verse Isaiah 21:17. _THE ARCHERS, THE MIGHTY MEN OF THE CHILDREN OF_
_KEDAR_ - "The mighty bowmen of the sons of Kedar"] _Sagittariorum_
_fortium, Vulg_.; transposing the two words, and reading גבורי...
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AND THE RESIDUE OF THE NUMBER - That is, those who shall be left in
the invasion. Or perhaps it may be read, ‘There shall be a renmant
of the number of bowmen; the mighty people of Kedar shall be
dimi...
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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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ORACLE ON THE DEDANITES. Date and authorship are unknown. If by Isaiah
it may refer to an expected invasion in 720 or 711. Probably Isaiah
21:16 f, is an appendix, the original oracle, Isaiah 21:13. b...
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MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor_. App-14.
CHILDREN. sons....
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_the number of archers_ Lit. "of the bows." The bow was the chief
weapon of the Northern Arabs, as of their progenitor Ishmael, Genesis
21:20....
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The oracle on Arabia, Isaiah 21:13
A vision (Isaiah 21:13) and its interpretation (Isaiah 21:16). A
caravan of the merchant-tribe of Dedan is seen driven by stress of war
from the regular route, and...
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FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SAID, &C.— Hitherto the prophet had spoken
figuratively: he now ceases to do so. This period contains, _first,_
the circumstance of the time connected with the execution of this...
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b. EDOM AND ARABIA
TEXT: Isaiah 21:11-17
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The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what
of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12
The watchman said, The morning comet...
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And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the
children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel
hath spoken it.
THE RESIDUE ... DIMINISHED - the remnant of Arab...
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JUDGMENT UPON ARABIA
This section concerns the N. Arabian tribes. For the occasion see
prefatory note on Isaiah 21:11; Isaiah 21:12.
13-17. Owing to the incursions of the As Syrians the Dedanite car...
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The forecast was fulfilled in the victories over the Arabian tribes by
Sargon and Sennacherib, as related in their inscriptions....
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Further south still, Kedar too, with its great army, will suffer a
heavy defeat. And this defeat will happen in less than a year’s
time.
VISION ~ a mental picture from God to show something from God...
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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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וּ שְׁאָ֧ר מִסְפַּר ־קֶ֛שֶׁת
גִּבֹּורֵ֥י בְנֵֽי...
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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 the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the
children of (x) Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel
hath spoken [it].
(x) Which was the name of a people of Arabia...
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REFLECTIONS
MY soul! while reading the burdens of others, do not overlook thine
own: but if Jesus, that almighty burden bearer, hath removed the guilt
and dominion of sin from thee; while thou art pr...
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The Arabians and Dedanims are here brought in for a portion of the
calamities now hanging over the countries to be made desolate. It is
probable, that the latter were the descendants of Dedan, a son o...
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17._And the residue of the archers. _He threatens that this slaughter
will not be the end of their evils, because if there be any residue in
Arabia, they will gradually decrease; as if he had said, “T...
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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 THE RESIDUE OF THE NUMBER OF ARCHERS,.... Or of "bow" g, for
"bows": that is, of men that use the bow, or are expert at it, as the
Kedarenes were, both for taking wild beasts, and fighting with me...
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And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the
children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel
hath spoken [it].
Ver. 17. _And the residue of the number of archers...
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_For thus hath the Lord said_ Hitherto the prophet had spoken
figuratively: now he ceases to do so; _within a year_ From the time of
the delivery of this prophecy, _according to the years of a hirelin...
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and the residue of the number of archers, the remnant of the Arab
warriors, noted for their skill with the bow, THE MIGHTY MEN OF THE
CHILDREN OF KEDAR, celebrated for their warlike nature, SHALL BE
D...
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AGAINST EDOM AND ARABIA...
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ARCHERS:
_ Heb._ bows...
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13-17 The Arabians lived in tents, and kept cattle. A destroying army
shall be brought upon them, and make them an easy prey. We know not
what straits we may be brought into before we die. Those may...
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ARCHERS; bows and arrows were their: chief weapons, and they were
expert in the use of them, both against beasts and men, as occasion
required....
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Isaiah 21:17 remainder H7605 number H4557 archers H7198 men H1368
people H1121 Kedar H6938 diminished H4591 (H8799)
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THE BURDEN UPON ARABIA (ISAIAH 21:13).
Arabia is not offered such hope. She is rightly apprehensive, and her
troops, which had been involved in the alliance, have returned as
fugitives. And she has n...
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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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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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_Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, sad all the
glory of Kedar shall fail_
END OF THE YEAR: A WARNING AND A LESSON
I. A TERRIBLE THREATENING. We have here a prophecy of the fall of...
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_The burden upon Arabia_
ARABIA
The term “Arabia,” in the Old Testament, is not used in such a
wide sense as in modern English, and denotes merely a particular,
tribe, having its home in the norther...
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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 21:13 The third oracle shows fugitives running
from violence.
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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)...