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Isaiah 18:1-7
The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-7
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Matthew Henry on Isaiah 18:1-7Isaiah 18:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThis chapter is one of the most obscure in Scripture, though more of it probably was understood by those for whose use it was first intended, than by us now. Swift messengers are sent by water to a nation marked by Prov…Judgments Denounced. (b. c. 712.)Isaiah 18:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJUDGMENTS DENOUNCED. (B. C. 712.) Interpreters are very much at a loss where to find this land that lies beyond the rivers of Cush. Some take it to be Egypt, a maritime country, and full of rivers, and which courted Isr…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-7Isaiah 18:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE HOMAGE OF ETHIOPIA TO JEHOVAH. Amid the general excitement caused by the advance of Assyria, Ethiopia also is stirred, and stirred to its furthest limits. The king sends messengers in beats upon the canals and river…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1Isaiah 18:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWoe to the land; rather, Ho for the land! (comp. Isaiah 17:12). Shadowing with wings; literally, either the land of the shadow of wings or the land of the noise of wings, most probably the latter. Allusion is thought to…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-4Isaiah 18:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe contrast of Divine calm with human bustle, hurry, and excitement. When men take a matter in hand wherein they feel an interest, and set themselves either to carry out a certain design of their own, or to frustrate t…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-7Isaiah 18:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryHomage of Ethiopia to Jehovah. I. AGITATION IN ETHIOPIA. The oracle opens with a scene full of life. Hosts of Egyptian and Ethiopian warriors are seen, like buzzing swarms of flies moving to and fro. Messengers are spee…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Isaiah 18:1-7This chapter is one of the most obscure in Scripture, though more of it probably was understood by those for whose use it was first intended, than by us now. Swift messengers are sent by water to a nation marked by Prov…Matthew HenrycommentaryJudgments Denounced. (b. c. 712.)JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED. (B. C. 712.) Interpreters are very much at a loss where to find this land that lies beyond the rivers of Cush. Some take it to be Egypt, a maritime country, and full of rivers, and which courted Isr…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-7THE HOMAGE OF ETHIOPIA TO JEHOVAH. Amid the general excitement caused by the advance of Assyria, Ethiopia also is stirred, and stirred to its furthest limits. The king sends messengers in beats upon the canals and river…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land; rather, Ho for the land! (comp. Isaiah 17:12). Shadowing with wings; literally, either the land of the shadow of wings or the land of the noise of wings, most probably the latter. Allusion is thought to…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-4The contrast of Divine calm with human bustle, hurry, and excitement. When men take a matter in hand wherein they feel an interest, and set themselves either to carry out a certain design of their own, or to frustrate t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-7Homage of Ethiopia to Jehovah. I. AGITATION IN ETHIOPIA. The oracle opens with a scene full of life. Hosts of Egyptian and Ethiopian warriors are seen, like buzzing swarms of flies moving to and fro. Messengers are spee…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1Man's energy put in place of trust in God. This comes to view in a more precise translation of the passage. The King of Ethiopia, who was nominally also King of Egypt, alarmed by the near approach of the Assyrians, is a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:1-6The patience of power. The most striking and distinctive truth this chapter contains is that of the patience of Divine power, which permits evil to rise and to mature, and which, at the right moment, effectually interve…Joseph S. Exell and contributors