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Verse Isaiah 13:18. Their _BOWS ALSO SHALL DASH_ - "Their bows shall
dash"] Both Herodotus, i. 61, and Xenophon, Anab. iii., mention, that
the Persians used large bows τοξαμεγαλα: and the latter says...
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THEIR BOWS ALSO - Bows and arrows were the usual weapons of the
ancients in war; and the Persians were particularly skilled in their
use. According to Xenophon, Cyrus came to Babylon with a great numb...
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2. THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS AND THE FUTURE DAY OF JEHOVAH (13-27)
CHAPTER 13
The Burden of Babylon
1. _Jehovah's call to the judgment of Babylon (Isaiah 13:1)_ 2. _The
day of Jehovah: When Babylo...
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ISAIAH 13:1 TO ISAIAH 14:23. THE UTTER RUIN OF BABYLON AND TRIUMPHAL
ODE OVER HER MONARCH'S DEATH. Historical conditions are here
presupposed entirely different from those of Isaiah's time. The
subjec...
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THEIR. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint,
Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and their".
CHILDREN. sons....
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The description of the character of the invaders, perhaps even the
mention of their name, is of the nature of a climax to the terrors of
the picture....
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BEHOLD, I WILL STIR UP THE MEDES— Here follows the second part of
this prophesy; in which, what the prophet had foretold principally in
figure, is here plainly related; and is easily divided, as it co...
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c. PROLONGATION OF JUDGMENT
TEXT: Isaiah 13:17-22
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Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard
silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it,
18
And their bows sh...
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Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall
have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare
children.
(Their) bows-in the use of which the Persians were part...
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13:18 children. (e-28) Lit. 'sons.'...
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1. BURDEN] The corresponding verb means 'to lift up' (_a_) a load,
(_b_) the voice (cp. Isaiah 3:7; Isaiah 42:2; Isaiah 42:11), used of
Balaam lifting up his voice in oracular utterance ...
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BOWS] The Medes were noted archers (Jeremiah 51:11)....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 13
The next major division of the Book of Isaiah is Chapter s 13 to...
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‘Young men’ often means ‘men old enough to fight as soldiers’.
That is also why ‘bows and arrows’ appear in this verse.
• Attackers usually pitied babies and children. But even they would
not escape...
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THEIR BOWS ALSO SHALL DASH THE YOUNG MEN TO PIECES. — These, as in
Isaiah 22:6; Jeremiah 1:9, were the characteristic weapons of the
Medo-Persian armies....
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וּ קְשָׁתֹ֖ות נְעָרִ֣ים
תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה וּ פְרִי...
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BOOK 5
PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME
In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half
which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary
with that - we...
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We now commence the second circle of the first division of our book,
in which are contained Isaiah's prophecies concerning the nations and
the world. The first describes the doom of Babylon. Whereas t...
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In these verses we have a continuation of the subject concerning the
destruction of Babylon, with the effects to be wrought by it on all
the people. And, what is very observable, so hardened against a...
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18._And with bows they shall dash in pieces the children. _(207) Some
render it, _they shall cut_. They think that the language is
exaggerated, as if they made use of the children of the Babylonians i...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14.
With chapter 12 one division of the whole book closes. That which
commences with chapter 13 continues to the end of chapter 27, which
describes th...
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[THEIR] BOWS ALSO SHALL DASH THEIR YOUNG MEN TO PIECES,.... That is,
the bows of the Medes should dash in pieces the young men of the
Babylonians. The meaning is, either that they should put them into...
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Isaiah 13:18 [Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and
they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not
spare children.
Ver. 18. _Their bows also shall dash the y...
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_Behold_, &c. Here follows the second part of this prophecy, in which
the calamity which the prophet had foretold, principally in figure, is
plainly related and set forth in its causes and consequence...
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Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces, a very vivid
description of the effect which would attend the wholesale slaughter;
AND THEY SHALL HAVE NO PITY ON THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB, not sparing...
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AGAINST BABYLON IN PARTICULAR...
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6-18 We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and
Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty,
and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. The...
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THEIR BOWS; under which are comprehended their arrows, and possibly
other weapons of war; for so generally sometimes is the bow used in
Scripture, as 2 SAMUEL 1:18 PSALMS 78:9 ISAIAH 41:2. _Shall dash...
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A VIVID PICTURE OF BABYLON'S FUTURE AND ITS END (ISAIAH 13:17).
Having depicted the destruction of Babylon in apocalyptic terms Isaiah
brings it down to earth. He partly does it in terms of the Medes....
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CONTENTS: Prophecy concerning last days, when punishment will be
visited upon the nations, and Israel shall pass through the Great
Tribulation.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Men have their da...
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In the thirteen Chapter s which follow, the prophet, like a watchman,
raises his voice, and denounces woes against all the surrounding
nations, and finally against his own country.
Isaiah 13:1. _The b...
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SPARE THE CHILDREN
(_Sunday-School Anniversary Sermon_.)
Isaiah 13:18. _Their eye shall not spare children_.
This declaration is made concerning the Medes, by whom the power of
Babylon was destined t...
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EXPOSITION
THE BURDEN OF BABYLON. The series of prophecies which commences with
this chapter and continues to the close of Isaiah 23:1; is connected
together by the word _massa_, burden. It has been a...
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Now as we move into chapter 13 and he speaks of the burden of Babylon
which Isaiah saw, you remember that we mentioned when we started the
prophecy of Isaiah that in many of the prophecies, there was...
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2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Kings 8:12; Ezekiel 9:10; Ezekiel 9:5; Ezekiel
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Bows — Under which are comprehended, other weapons of war. Dash —
Or, shalt pierce the young men through, as the Chaldee, renders it....