For they flee from the sword--the sword that is drawn--from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle. Sermons
I. IN THE SACRIFICES IT DEMANDS. II. IN THE LIVES IT DESTROYS. III. IN THE TREASURE IT WASTES. The Franco-German War of 1870 cost France £371, 000, 000, and Germany at least £47, 000, 000. The American Civil War cost £330, 000, 000. The Crimean War cost England £167, 000, 000. IV. IN THE PASSIONS IT ENGENDERS, V. IN THE NATIONAL ALIENATIONS IT LEAVES BEHIND, VI. IN THE SUFFERINGS IT ENTAILS. In the Franco-German War, one hundred and thirty thousand soldiers died on the battle-fields or in the hospitals, and thousands more lost limbs and health. What a wail of sorrow from thousands of homes and hearts such facts bring to our ears! VII. IN THE RESULTS IT SECURES. Which are usually most insignificant when compared with the expenditure and loss. Talk of the glory of war! The Bible reminds us how much wiser and how much truer it is to talk of its grievousness. - R.T.
The burden upon Arabia. The term "Arabia," in the Old Testament, is not used in such a wide sense as in modern English, and denotes merely a particular, tribe, having its home in the northern part of what is now known as the Arabian peninsula, and mentioned in Ezekiel 27:20, 21, by the side of Dedan and Kedar as engaged in commerce with Tyre. Isaiah lines a tide of invasion about to overflow the region inhabited by these tribes, and addresses the Dedanite caravans, warning them that they will have to turn aside from their customary routes and seek concealment in the forest. In verse 14, he sees in imagination the natives of Tema bringing food and water, to the fugitive traders. Tema was the name of a tribe settled in the same neighbourhood, about 250 miles S.E. of Edom, on the route between Damascus and Mecca, in a locality in which some interesting inscriptions have recently been discovered. Within a year, the prophet concludes, the glory of the wealthy pastoral (Isaiah 9:7) tribe of Kedar — here used so as to include by implication its less influential neighbours — will be past, and of its warriors only an insignificant remnant will survive.(Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.) (B. Blake, B. D.) People Dedanites, Dumah, Elam, Isaiah, Kedar, Seir, TemaPlaces Arabia, Babylon, Dumah, Elam, Kedar, Media, Negeb, Seir, TemaTopics Battle, Bent, Bow, Destructions, Drawn, Face, Fled, Flee, Flight, Grievousness, Heat, Press, Sharp, Stretched-out, Sword, Swords, Trodden, Trouble, WarOutline 1. The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people, 6. sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. 11. Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to repentance. 13. The set time of Arabia's calamity. Dictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 21:15Library The Morning BreakethTEXT: "Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night."--Isaiah 21:11-12. It is very interesting to note that, whether we study the Old Testament or the New, nights are always associated with God's mornings. In other words, he does not leave us in despair without sending to us his messengers of hope and cheer. The Prophet Isaiah in this particular part of his prophecy seems to be almost broken-hearted because of the sin of the people. As one of the Scotch … J. Wilbur Chapman—And Judas Iscariot In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Cæsar and under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas - a Voice in the Wilderness Letter Xlii to the Illustrious Youth, Geoffrey De Perrone, and his Comrades. Isaiah Links Isaiah 21:15 NIVIsaiah 21:15 NLT Isaiah 21:15 ESV Isaiah 21:15 NASB Isaiah 21:15 KJV Isaiah 21:15 Bible Apps Isaiah 21:15 Parallel Isaiah 21:15 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 21:15 Chinese Bible Isaiah 21:15 French Bible Isaiah 21:15 German Bible Isaiah 21:15 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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