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Verse Isaiah 22:6. _CHARIOTS OF MEN_ - "The Syriac"] It is not easy
to say what רכב אדם _recheb adam_, a _chariot of men_, can mean.
It seems by the form of the sentence, which consists of three memb...
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AND ELAM - The southern part of Persia, perhaps used here to denote
Persia in general (see the note at Isaiah 21:2). Elam, or Persia, was
at this time subject to Assyria, and their forces were united...
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CHAPTER 22
The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem)
1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading
armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4.
Shebn...
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JERUSALEM'S INEXCUSABLE FRIVOLITY. The prophecy apparently belongs to
the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with
that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had pro...
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ELAM. KIR. The south and north limits of the Chaldsean forces.
QUIVER. Hebrew. _'ashpah._ Occurs only here in "former" portion, and
only in Isaiah 49:2 in the "latter" portion.
CHARIOTS. See note on...
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_Elam_(see on Isaiah 21:2) and _Kir_(not identified: 2 Kings 16:9;
Amos 1:5; Amos 9:7) are mentioned as furnishing auxiliaries to the
Assyrian army. There is force in
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The connexion here becomes very uncertain. It seems clear that Isaiah
22:5 (from its form) must refer to the future, while Isaiah 22:8
undoubtedly go back to what is past. The transition must apparent...
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Isaiah 22:1-14. The inexpiable sin of Jerusalem
The key to this passage the most lurid and minatory of all Isaiah's
prophecies is the irreconcileable antagonism between the mood of the
prophet and th...
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AND ELAM, &C.— _And Elam beareth the quiver; with chariots cometh
the Syrian, and with horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield._ Lowth.
The second member of the first part of this prophesy begins here...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
2.
JUDAH
a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES
TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14
1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2
O thou that...
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And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
ELAM - the country stretching east from the Lower Tigris, answering
to what was afterward called Persia (no...
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JERUSALEM REBUKED
A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of
calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The
difficulty in assigning the passage to Sen...
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ELAM.. KIR] peoples who furnished auxiliaries to the Assyrian army.
UNCOVERED] took off its case in preparation for battle....
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Elam and Kir were probably nations in part of what is today Iran....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 22
GOD WARNS *JERUSALEM
V1 (A special message that God gave to Isaiah about *Jerusal...
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וְ עֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּ
רֶ֥כֶב אָדָ
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BOOK 4
JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB
701 B.C.
INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the
Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s
1, 22 and 33, wit...
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In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of
protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's
messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in
contr...
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_Wall. Arms were frequently hung thereon, Canticle of Canticles ix. 4.
(Calmet)_...
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The Prophet, like a true servant of the Lord, though himself had the
least hand in bringing down the judgments of God, yet he will be the
first to lament them. Alas! when God's corrections are in our...
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6._But Elam carrying the quiver. _Here commentators think that the
discourse proceeds without any interruption, and that he makes known
to the Jews the same judgment which he formerly proclaimed. But...
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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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AND ELAM BARE THE QUIVER WITH CHARIOTS OF MEN [AND] HORSEMEN,.... Or
the Elamites, as the Targum and Septuagint, that is, the Persians, who
were at this time subject to the Assyrians, and served in
Se...
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_And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield._
Ver. 6. _And Elam,_] _i.e., _ The Persians (great archers, as Corabo
testifieth, lib. xvi.), as Kir stand...
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_And Elam bare the quiver_ This second member of the first part of
this prophecy, which begins here, seems evidently to refer to the
Assyrian invasion; for the Medes and Elamites, or Persians, were
un...
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And Elam, the warriors of the country east of the lower Tigris, later
a province of Persia, BARE THE QUIVER WITH CHARIOTS OF MEN AND
HORSEMEN, as a part of the Assyrian army, AND KIR, another country...
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THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...
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UNCOVERED:
_ Heb._ made naked...
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1-7 Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with
the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their
rulers fled, but were overtaken. The servants of God, who for...
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ELAM; the Persians, who now, and for a long time after. were subject
to the Assyrian and Chaldean emperors, and were employed by them in
their Wars. BARE THE QUIVER, being expert bow-men, as appears f...
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Isaiah 22:6 Elam H5867 bore H5375 (H8804) quiver H827 chariots H7393
men H120 horsemen H6571 Kir H7024 uncovered...
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GOD'S PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED HILARITY
RESULTING FROM FALSE CONFIDENCE, OR MOURNING OVER SIN AND TRUSTING IN
HIM (ISAIAH 22:1)
Jerusalem is seen as having become a scene o...
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CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming
grievous distress.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim.
CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...
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Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so
called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there.
Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the
world, Jerusalem, growing dark.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:6 ELAM and KIR refer to foreign invaders.
⇐...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 22:1
A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem,
either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants
crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...
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Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is
referred to as the valley of vision. And this is,
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've
gone up to the h...
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2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; Amos 9:7; Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 15:1;...
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Elam — The Persians, who now, and for a long time after, were
subject to the Assyrian and Chaldean emperors. Quiver — Being expert
bowmen. Horsemen — As some fought on foot, so others fought from
char...