Isaiah 21:9 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Now at last—look! Here comes a man in a chariot with a pair of horses!” Then the watchman said, “Babylon is fallen, fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!”

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

And, behold ... a chariot of men - This passage shows that the word ‘chariot’ (רכב rekeb) may denote something other than …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And, behold, here cometh ... —Better, Behold, there came ... The words narrate a second vision, not the watchman…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Babylon is fallen, is fallen. This shows plainly that it is not king Belshazzar’s watchman who is introduced, for this speech would be uns…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And, behold, here comes a chariot of men^F24; Or "of a man"; a chariot with a man in it, Cyrus or Darius:

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century

Catholic

13th Century

The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppressed Israel by taking their goods, e…