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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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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 21:2
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 21:2
19th Century
Bishop
A grievous vision ... — The verse contains, so to speak, the three tableaux that came in succession before the prophet’s …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 21:2
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Isaiah 21:2
17th Century
Pastor
A grievous vision is declared unto me
The prophet; meaning the vision of Babylon's destruction, which was "hard", as…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 21:1–10
17th Century
Minister
Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…