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A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; besiege, Media; all the sighing of it have I made to cease.
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God Commands History
The prophet's command, "Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media," is presented as a direct decree from God. Commentators explain that God is acting as a supreme commander, using the Medo-Persian empire as His instrument to execute judgment on Babylon. This reveals God's absolute sovereignty over the rise and fall of nations to accomplish His divine purposes.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A grievous vision - Margin, as in Hebrew ‘Hard.’ On the word ‘vision,’ see the note at Isaiah 1:1. The sense here is that the visio…
19th Century
Anglican
A grievous vision ... — The verse contains, so to speak, the three tableaux that came in succession before the prophet’s …
16th Century
Protestant
A harsh vision. Since the object was to soothe the grief of the people, it might seem inappropriate to call a vision that is an occasion o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A grievous vision is declared unto me The prophet; meaning the vision of Babylon's destruction, which was "hard", as…
Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppressed Israel by taking their goods, e…
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