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Isaiah 11:14

they shall fly or swoop, as a bird of prey (Habakkuk 1:8). The country of the Philistines is compared to a shoulderfalling down towards the sea (cf. Numbers 34:11; Joshua 15:11; Joshua 18:12).

them of the east lit. the children of the East (as R.V.), a name for the Arabs of the Eastern desert.

they shall lay … obey them The Hebrew construction is peculiar. Lit. "Edom and Moab shall be the forth-putting of their hand, and the children of Ammon their obedience."

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RETURN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH FROM THE DISPERSION, AND VICTORIOUS ALLIANCE AGAINST THEIR ANCIENT FOES. This is probably post-exilic. The ideas are characteristic of that period Israel's spiritual pri...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FLY. FLEE. THEM. the sons of. Moab. See note on Isaiah 15:1. CHILDREN. sons....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY SHALL FLY UPON THE SHOULDERS OF THE PHILISTINES... — The English version is ambiguous, and half suggests the thought that the Philistines should bear the returning Israelites as on their shoulder...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָפ֨וּ בְ כָתֵ֤ף פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ יָ֔מָּה יַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THEY SHALL FLEE UPON THE SHOULDERS OF THE PHILISTINES TOWARDS THE WEST,.... That is, Ephraim and Judah, who shall not only agree among themselves, but cheerfully join together against the common e...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Spread of the Messiah's Kingdom...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THEM OF THE EAST: _ Heb._ the children of the East THEY SHALL LAY THEIR HAND UPON EDOM AND MOAB: _ Heb._ Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand AND THE CHILDREN OF AMMON SHALL OBEY THE...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 11:14 down H5774 (H8804) shoulder H3802 Philistines H6430 west H3220 Together H3162 plunder H962 (H8799) peop

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 11:13 Rather than compete with one another, God’s people unite to oppose evil. ⇐ ⇔

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ISAIAH’S VISION OF THE KING AND OF HIS KINGDOM Chapter S 11 AND 12 This is one of the visions that Isaiah _saw_ (chap. Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 2:1, &c.). He was a dreamer of dreams. With a keen perception,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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