ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:1 Five new oracles reveal God’s ruling and judging the wilderness by the sea (Isaiah 21:1), Dumah (Isaiah 21:11), Arabia (Isaiah 21:13), the valley of vision (Isaiah 22:1), and Tyre (Isaiah 23:1). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:3 THE TWILIGHT I LONGED FOR... TREMBLING. The prophet longed to see God intervene in the world, but he trembles when he sees the reality of that intervention. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:7, ISAIAH 21:9 RIDERS. Mounted warriors. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:9 FALLEN, FALLEN IS BABYLON. The repeated cry emphasizes Babylon’s final and total destruction (see Revelation 14:8; Revelation 18:2). HER GODS represent the worldview giving Babylon her legitimacy. Thus, the world’s most cherished beliefs are SHATTERED. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:10 MY THRESHED AND WINNOWED ONE. Probably Judah, dominated by Assyria and abandoned by Babylon. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:11 The second oracle of the second series (Isaiah 21:1) pictures prolonged darkness enveloping a frightened world. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:12 The prophet’s answer is vague: MORNING is sure to come, with more NIGHT as well. But Edom is urged to keep inquiring. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 21:13 The third oracle shows fugitives running from violence. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]