Then the lookout shouted: "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post. Sermons
I. SOUL AND BODY ARE KIN. Our normal condition is the perfect harmony of the two, so that the soul only uses the body for good and right purposes; and the body responds perfectly to all the demands which the soul makes upon it. Combat the idea that the body is evil, or that evil lies in matter, and so our great effort should be to get free of our bodies. The true triumph is to win the use of our body, or, as the Apostle Paul puts it, to get "the body for the Lord, and the Lord for the body." II. BODY MAY MASTER SOUL. This is the abnormal condition into which men have passed. They are practically ruled by "sensations" which dominate the will, and so the mass of men are merely animated bodies, in whom the soul is silenced and crushed. Illustrate by the demoniacs in our Lord's time, in whom the man was crashed by the vice. III. SOUL SHOULD CONTROL BODY. This is the recovered normal condition and relation; and to energize the soul unto a full and efficient mastery and use of the body is precisely the work of the Divine redemption. The indwelling Spirit of God is a new life for the soul, in the power of which it may overcome the body and the world. - R.T.
Anoint the shield. The ancient shields being mostly of stout leather stretched over a frame or rim of metal or wood, it was necessary to rub them with oil, lest they should become hard and crack, or lest they should become so rigid that an arrow or spear might easily penetrate them. Shields of this kind are still much in use, and still require the same treatment, in Western Asia; and we have ourselves frequently seen them on sale in the bazaars, and in use among the Arabs, the Kurds, and the Caucasians.(J. Kitto, D. D.) (G. Matheson, D. D.) People Dedanites, Dumah, Elam, Isaiah, Kedar, Seir, TemaPlaces Arabia, Babylon, Dumah, Elam, Kedar, Media, Negeb, Seir, TemaTopics Continually, Cried, Crieth, Cry, Daytime, Day-time, Guard, Lion, Lookout, Loud, Nights, O, Placed, Post, Shouted, Stand, Standing, Stationed, Stay, Ward, Watch, Watchman, Watchtower, Watch-towerOutline 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 21:8Library 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 21:8 NIVIsaiah 21:8 NLT Isaiah 21:8 ESV Isaiah 21:8 NASB Isaiah 21:8 KJV Isaiah 21:8 Bible Apps Isaiah 21:8 Parallel Isaiah 21:8 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 21:8 Chinese Bible Isaiah 21:8 French Bible Isaiah 21:8 German Bible Isaiah 21:8 Commentaries Bible Hub |