BURDEN. The fifth of the seven burdens. OF. relating to. Genitive of Relation. App-17. THE SEA. The waters of the Euphrates in flood were so called, as the Nile was (Isaiah 19:6). Compare Revelation 17:3; Revelation 17:15. WHIRLWINDS. storms. PASS. sweep.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEALER. one. SIGHING. Caused by the oppression of Babylon.... [ Continue Reading ]
NIGHT.. _Homonym._ Hebrew. _nesheph =_ darkness, here, but daylight in Job 7:4; 1 Samuel 30:17. See notes there. The Revised Version, in doubt, renders it here "twilight". PLEASURE. joy. FEAR. trembling.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARE, &C. Figure of speech _Irony._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CHARIOT. a troop. A CHARIOT WITH. COUPLE OF HORSEMEN. a troop of horsemen in pairs.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALION: MY LORD*. Read: [as]. lion, "O LORD", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. BABYLON IS FALLEN, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_, for emphasis. THE GRAVEN IMAGES OF HER GODS. Reference to Pentateuch. Phrase peculiar to Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 12:3. App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THRESHING. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the results of it. Here. my oppressed People. Compare Isaiah 41:15.Micah 4:13.Jeremiah 51:33. CORN OF MY FLOOR. Literally son of my threshingfloor. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURDEN. The sixth of the seven burdens. DUMAH. Edom. An abbreviated form of fuller name "Idumea" (Isaiah 34:5.Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5.Mark 3:8; Mark 3:8). DUMAH. silence, prophetic of its end. SEIR. The inheritance of Esau (or Edom). WHAT OF THE NIGHT?. how far is it in the night? Note the F... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MORNING COMETH, &C. This may be the oracle of silence implied in the name "Dumah" (see above, and compare Psalms 94:17; Psalms 115:17). IF YE WILL INQUIRE. Isaiah had no answer. He is silent, but intimates that they may inquire again.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURDEN. The seventh and last of the seven burdens UPON ARABIA: _ba'rab_. in Arabia. IN ARABIA: or, in the evening, or, at sunset. The name is as significant as "Dumah" (Isaiah 21:11). TRAVELLING COMPANIES. caravans. DEDANIM. Dedanites, Descendants of Abraham by Keturah: Dedan, son of Midian (Gen... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMA. Descendants of Abraham through Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32) : both mentioned in Jeremiah 25:23.Job 6:19. BROUGHT. bring ye. PREVENTED. meet ye.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY FLED. From the Assyrian invaders.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHIN. YEAR. Later afflictions were foretold in Jeremiah 49:28. KEDAR. Another descendant of Abraham by Hagar through Ishmael (Genesis 25:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor_. App-14. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]