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Verse Isaiah 21:2. _THE TREACHEROUS DEALER DEALETH TREACHEROUSLY, AND
THE_ _SPOILER SPOILETH_ - "The plunderer is plundered, and the
destroyer is destroyed."] הבוגד בוגד והשודד שודד
_habboged boged v...
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A GRIEVOUS VISION - Margin, as in Hebrew ‘Hard.’ On the word
‘vision,’ see the note at Isaiah 1:1. The sense here is, that the
vision which the prophet saw was one that indicated great calamity
Isaiah...
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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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DEALER. one.
SIGHING. Caused by the oppression of Babylon....
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The "hard vision" of Babylon's fate....
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_A grievous_(lit. "hard") _vision is declared unto me_ by the
"watchman," Isaiah 21:6. "Hard" may mean either "calamitous" (1 Kings
14:6) or "difficult," "hard of interpretation" (John 6:60).
_the tre...
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GO UP, O ELAM; BESIEGE, O MEDIA!— The prophet, in a rapture, had
various images succeeding one another before his sight. He had just
beheld the Babylonians raging against Asia and Judaea. Presently, t...
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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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A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O
Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
THE TRE...
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21:2 Elam! (e-18) i.e. Persia, as ch. 11.11. Media! (f-20) As ch.
13.17. thereof (g-24) Babylon's, or that which Babylon caused....
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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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TREACHEROUS DEALER] i.e. the Assyrian (Isaiah 33:1). GO UP, etc.] the
command of the Assyrian to the tributaries serving in his army.
SIGHING THEREOF] i.e. caused by Babylon....
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Elam and Media were two nations in the area of modern Iran....
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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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חָז֥וּת קָשָׁ֖ה הֻגַּד ־לִ֑י הַ
בֹּוגֵ֤ד ׀ בּ
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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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CHAPTER XVII
ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS
736-702 B.C.
Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
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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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A grievous vision is declared to me; the (c) treacherous dealer
dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O (d) Elam:
besiege, O Media; all her sighing have I made (e) to cease.
(c) The...
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_Spoileth. Baltassar is incorrigible, or his opponents must proceed.
(Calmet) --- Elam; that is, O Persia: (Challoner) Cyrus, and Darius,
the Mede. (Calmet) --- The former nation was weak, and the lat...
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The Desert of the Sea can mean no other than Babylon; and the ruin of
it is foretold by way of comforting God's people in their captivity.
It is blessed to observe, how beforehand the Lord is for his...
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2._A harsh vision. _As the object was to soothe the grief of the
people, it may be thought not to be appropriate to call a vision,
which is the occasion of joy, _a harsh vision_. But this refers to th...
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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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A GRIEVOUS VISION IS DECLARED UNTO ME,.... The prophet; meaning the
vision of Babylon's destruction, which was "hard", as the word
signifies, and might seem harsh and cruel; not to him, nor to the
Jew...
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A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O
Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Ver. 2. _...
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_A grievous vision is declared unto me_ A vision or prophecy,
predicting dreadful calamities about to fall upon Babylon. _The
treacherous dealer_, &c. In these words the prophet either describes
the s...
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THE ORACLE AGAINST BABYLON...
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A grievous vision is declared unto me, one which he could endure and
record only with difficulty on account of its importance and
consequences; THE TREACHEROUS DEALER DEALETH TREACHEROUSLY, the
enemie...
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GRIEVOUS:
_ Heb._ hard...
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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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A GRIEVOUS VISION; a vision or prophecy, containing dreadful
calamities which were to fall upon Babylon. THE TREACHEROUS DEALER
DEALETH TREACHEROUSLY, AND THE SPOILER SPOILETH: this is spoken
either,...
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Isaiah 21:2 distressing H7186 vision H2380 declared H5046 (H8717)
dealer H898 (H8802) treacherously H898 (H8802) plunder
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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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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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_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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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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A vision — A vision or prophecy, containing dreadful calamities
which were to fall upon Babylon. The spoiler — The Medes and
Persians used treachery as well as force against Babylon. Elam —
Persia, so...