Chapter 21
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The burden The first ten verses of this chapter contain a prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians; which is here denominated "the desert of the sea," because the country around it, and especially towards the sea, was a great morass, often overflowed by the Tigris and Euphrates, and only rendered habitable by being drained by a number of canals. Isa 13:1, Isa 17:1
the desert Isa 13:20-22, Isa 14:23; Jer 51:42
As whirlwinds Job 37:9; Dan 11:40; Zech 9:14
from Isa 13:4-5, Isa 13:17-18; Ezek 30:11, Ezek 31:12
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grievous Heb. hard, Ps 60:3; Prov 13:15
the treacherous Isa 24:16, Isa 33:1; 1Sam 24:13; Jer 51:44, Jer 51:48-49, Jer 51:53; Rev 13:10
Go up Isa 13:2-4, Isa 13:17-18; Jer 50:14, Jer 50:34, Jer 49:34, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27-28; Dan 5:28, Dan 8:20
all the Isa 14:1-3, Isa 35:10, Isa 47:6; Ps 12:5, Ps 79:11, Ps 137:1-3; Jer 31:11-12, Jer 31:20, Jer 31:25; Jer 45:3, Jer 51:3-4; Lam 1:22; Mic 7:8-10; Zech 1:15-16
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are Isa 15:5, Isa 16:9, Isa 16:11; Hab 3:16
pangs have Isa 13:8, Isa 26:17; Ps 48:6; Jer 48:41, Jer 49:22, Jer 50:43; Mic 4:9-10; 1Thess 5:3
I was bowed Deut 28:67; Dan 5:5-6
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heart panted or, mind wandered
the night Isa 5:11-14; 1Sam 25:36-38; 2Sam 13:28-29; Esth 5:12, Esth 7:6-10; Job 21:11-13; Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Dan 5:1, Dan 5:5, Dan 5:30; Nah 1:10; Luke 21:34-36
turned Heb. put
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eat Isa 22:13-14; Dan 5:1-5; 1Cor 15:32
arise Isa 13:2, Isa 13:17-18, Isa 45:1-3; Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27-28
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Go Isa 62:6; 2Kgs 9:17-20; Jer 51:12-13; Ezek 3:17, Ezek 33:2-7; Hab 2:1-2
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And he saw Isa 21:9, Isa 37:24
he hearkened Heb 2:1
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cried, A lion or, cried as a lion, Isa 5:29; Jer 4:7, Jer 25:38, Jer 49:19, Jer 50:44; 1Pet 5:8
I stand Isa 56:10, Isa 62:6; Ps 63:6, Ps 127:1; Hab 2:1-2
whole nights or, every night
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behold Jer 50:3, Jer 50:9, Jer 50:29, Jer 50:42, Jer 51:27
Babylon Isa 13:19, Isa 14:4; Jer 50:2, Jer 51:8, Jer 51:64; Rev 14:8, Rev 18:2, Rev 18:21
all Isa 46:1-2; Jer 50:2, Jer 50:38, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52
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my threshing Isa 41:15-16; 2Kgs 13:7; Jer 51:33; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12; Matt 3:12
corn Heb. son
that which 1Kgs 22:14; Ezek 3:17-19; Acts 20:26-27
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Dumah Dumah is probably the same as Dumatha, a city of Arabia, mentioned by Stephanus, and the modern Dumah and Dumathalgandel, on the borders of Arabia and Syria, in a rocky valley. The Edomites, says Bp. Lowth, as well as Jews, were subdued by the Babylonians. They enquire of the prophet how long their subjection is to last; he intimates that the Jews should be delivered from their captivity; not so the Edomites. "The morning cometh, and also the night." Gen 25:14; 1Chr 1:30
me out Isa 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6; Num 24:18; Deut 2:5; Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 35:1-15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:6, Amos 1:11-12; Obad 1:1-16; Mal 1:2-4
what Isa 21:6; Jer 37:17
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The morning Isa 17:14; Jer 50:27; Ezek 7:5-7, Ezek 7:10, Ezek 7:12
if Isa 55:7; Jer 42:19-22; Ezek 14:1-6, Ezek 18:30-32; Acts 2:37-38, Acts 17:19-20; Acts 17:30-32
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Arabia 1Kgs 10:15; Jer 25:23-24, Jer 49:28-33; Gal 4:25
O ye Isa 13:20; Gen 25:3; 1Chr 1:9, 1Chr 1:32; Ezek 27:15, Ezek 27:20-21
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Tema Gen 25:15; 1Chr 1:30; Job 6:19
brought or, bring ye, Isa 16:3-4; Judg 8:4-8; Prov 25:21; Rom 12:20; 1Pet 4:9
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from the swords or, for fear of the swords, Heb. from the face of, Job 6:19-20
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according Isa 16:14; Job 7:1
Kedar Isa 42:11, Isa 60:7; Gen 25:13; 1Chr 1:29; Ps 120:5; Song 1:5; Jer 49:28; Ezek 27:21
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archers Heb. bows
the mighty Isa 10:18-19, Isa 17:4-5; Ps 107:39
for Isa 1:20; Num 23:19; Jer 44:29; Zech 1:6; Matt 24:35
1
The burden The first ten verses of this chapter contain a prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians; which is here denominated "the desert of the sea," because the country around it, and especially towards the sea, was a great morass, often overflowed by the Tigris and Euphrates, and only rendered habitable by being drained by a number of canals. Isa 13:1, Isa 17:1
the desert Isa 13:20-22, Isa 14:23; Jer 51:42
As whirlwinds Job 37:9; Dan 11:40; Zech 9:14
from Isa 13:4-5, Isa 13:17-18; Ezek 30:11, Ezek 31:12
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grievous Heb. hard, Ps 60:3; Prov 13:15
the treacherous Isa 24:16, Isa 33:1; 1Sam 24:13; Jer 51:44, Jer 51:48-49, Jer 51:53; Rev 13:10
Go up Isa 13:2-4, Isa 13:17-18; Jer 50:14, Jer 50:34, Jer 49:34, Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27-28; Dan 5:28, Dan 8:20
all the Isa 14:1-3, Isa 35:10, Isa 47:6; Ps 12:5, Ps 79:11, Ps 137:1-3; Jer 31:11-12, Jer 31:20, Jer 31:25; Jer 45:3, Jer 51:3-4; Lam 1:22; Mic 7:8-10; Zech 1:15-16
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are Isa 15:5, Isa 16:9, Isa 16:11; Hab 3:16
pangs have Isa 13:8, Isa 26:17; Ps 48:6; Jer 48:41, Jer 49:22, Jer 50:43; Mic 4:9-10; 1Thess 5:3
I was bowed Deut 28:67; Dan 5:5-6
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heart panted or, mind wandered
the night Isa 5:11-14; 1Sam 25:36-38; 2Sam 13:28-29; Esth 5:12, Esth 7:6-10; Job 21:11-13; Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Dan 5:1, Dan 5:5, Dan 5:30; Nah 1:10; Luke 21:34-36
turned Heb. put
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eat Isa 22:13-14; Dan 5:1-5; 1Cor 15:32
arise Isa 13:2, Isa 13:17-18, Isa 45:1-3; Jer 51:11, Jer 51:27-28
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Go Isa 62:6; 2Kgs 9:17-20; Jer 51:12-13; Ezek 3:17, Ezek 33:2-7; Hab 2:1-2
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And he saw Isa 21:9, Isa 37:24
he hearkened Heb 2:1
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cried, A lion or, cried as a lion, Isa 5:29; Jer 4:7, Jer 25:38, Jer 49:19, Jer 50:44; 1Pet 5:8
I stand Isa 56:10, Isa 62:6; Ps 63:6, Ps 127:1; Hab 2:1-2
whole nights or, every night
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behold Jer 50:3, Jer 50:9, Jer 50:29, Jer 50:42, Jer 51:27
Babylon Isa 13:19, Isa 14:4; Jer 50:2, Jer 51:8, Jer 51:64; Rev 14:8, Rev 18:2, Rev 18:21
all Isa 46:1-2; Jer 50:2, Jer 50:38, Jer 51:44, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:52
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my threshing Isa 41:15-16; 2Kgs 13:7; Jer 51:33; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12; Matt 3:12
corn Heb. son
that which 1Kgs 22:14; Ezek 3:17-19; Acts 20:26-27
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Dumah Dumah is probably the same as Dumatha, a city of Arabia, mentioned by Stephanus, and the modern Dumah and Dumathalgandel, on the borders of Arabia and Syria, in a rocky valley. The Edomites, says Bp. Lowth, as well as Jews, were subdued by the Babylonians. They enquire of the prophet how long their subjection is to last; he intimates that the Jews should be delivered from their captivity; not so the Edomites. "The morning cometh, and also the night." Gen 25:14; 1Chr 1:30
me out Isa 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6; Num 24:18; Deut 2:5; Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 35:1-15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:6, Amos 1:11-12; Obad 1:1-16; Mal 1:2-4
what Isa 21:6; Jer 37:17
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The morning Isa 17:14; Jer 50:27; Ezek 7:5-7, Ezek 7:10, Ezek 7:12
if Isa 55:7; Jer 42:19-22; Ezek 14:1-6, Ezek 18:30-32; Acts 2:37-38, Acts 17:19-20; Acts 17:30-32
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Arabia 1Kgs 10:15; Jer 25:23-24, Jer 49:28-33; Gal 4:25
O ye Isa 13:20; Gen 25:3; 1Chr 1:9, 1Chr 1:32; Ezek 27:15, Ezek 27:20-21
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Tema Gen 25:15; 1Chr 1:30; Job 6:19
brought or, bring ye, Isa 16:3-4; Judg 8:4-8; Prov 25:21; Rom 12:20; 1Pet 4:9
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from the swords or, for fear of the swords, Heb. from the face of, Job 6:19-20
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according Isa 16:14; Job 7:1
Kedar Isa 42:11, Isa 60:7; Gen 25:13; 1Chr 1:29; Ps 120:5; Song 1:5; Jer 49:28; Ezek 27:21
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archers Heb. bows
the mighty Isa 10:18-19, Isa 17:4-5; Ps 107:39
for Isa 1:20; Num 23:19; Jer 44:29; Zech 1:6; Matt 24:35