Go, set a watchman - This was said to Isaiah in the vision. He represents himself as in Babylon, and as hearing God command him to …

Go, set a watchman ... —The prophet is, as it were, placed in vision on a lofty watchtower, and reports what meets his ga…

For thus has the Lord said to me. The Prophet is commanded to set a watchman on the watchtower, to see these things at a distance…

For thus has the Lord said to me
This is a confirmation of the above prophecy from the Lord himself, he showing to t…

Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…

1. The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppre ed Israel by taking their goods, ev…