Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs." And one answered, saying: "Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!" Sermons
I. SOME MEN'S LIFE-WORK IS BUILDING UP. They make businesses; they found families; they start theories; they commence organizations; they build churches; they initiate societies. Such men are full of schemes. Moses founds a nation. David organizes a kingdom. Paul establishes a Christian society in the Gentile world. Wesley begins a sect. II. SOME MEN'S LIFE-WORK IS KEEPING UP. They cannot begin. They are not fertile in resources. Initial difficulties crush them. But quiet perseverance, good faithful work, enables them well to sustain what others have begun. III. SOME MEN'S LIFE-WORK IS BREAKING DOWN. As was Carlyle's. He broke down society shams, and conceits and hypocrisies of modern thought. So Mahomet broke down corrupt Christianity. The skeptic is an iconoclast; but he breaks down for the pleasure of breaking down. The critic is an iconoclast; but he only attacks the evil. The reformer must often be an iconoclast; but he breaks down only that he may rebuild. Sometimes things reach such a pass that they cannot be reformed, and then "destruction cometh from the Lord," whatever agents he may use; as in the old world, Sodom, captivity of Israel, destruction of Babylon, etc. - 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 Answereth, Babylon, Behold, Broken, Chariot, Couple, Engraved, Fallen, Gives, Gods, Graven, Ground, Horsemen, Horses, Images, Lie, Low, Pairs, Riders, Shattered, Spoke, Team, Troop, Twos, War-carriagesOutline 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 21:9Library 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 21:9 NIVIsaiah 21:9 NLT Isaiah 21:9 ESV Isaiah 21:9 NASB Isaiah 21:9 KJV Isaiah 21:9 Bible Apps Isaiah 21:9 Parallel Isaiah 21:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 21:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 21:9 French Bible Isaiah 21:9 German Bible Isaiah 21:9 Commentaries Bible Hub |