Parallel Verses English Standard Version The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites. King James Bible The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. American Standard Version The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites. Douay-Rheims Bible The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim. English Revised Version The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanites. Webster's Bible Translation The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye traveling companies of Dedanim. Isaiah 21:13 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentWhat the man upon the watch-tower sees first of all, is a long, long procession, viz., the hostile army advancing quietly, like a caravan, in serried ranks, and with the most perfect self-reliance. "And he saw a procession of cavalry, pairs of horsemen, a procession of asses, a procession of camels; and listened sharply, as sharply as he could listen." Receb, both here and in Isaiah 21:9, signifies neither riding-animals nor war-chariots, but a troop seated upon animals - a procession of riders. In front there was a procession of riders arranged two and two, for Persians and Medes fought either on foot or on horseback (the latter, at any rate, from the time of Cyrus; vid., Cyrop. iv 3); and pârâsh signifies a rider on horseback (in Arabic it is used in distinction from râkib, the rider on camels). Then came lines of asses and camels, a large number of which were always taken with the Persian army for different purposes. They not only carried baggage and provisions, but were taken into battle to throw the enemy into confusion. Thus Cyrus gained the victory over the Lydians by means of the great number of his camels (Herod. i. 80), and Darius Hystaspis the victory over the Scythians by means of the number of asses that he employed (Herod. iv 129). Some of the subject tribes rode upon asses and camels instead of horses: the Arabs rode upon camels in the army of Xerxes, and the Caramanians rode upon asses. What the spy saw was therefore, no doubt, the Persian army. But he only saw and listened. It was indeed "listening, greatness of listening," i.e., he stretched his ear to the utmost (rab is a substantive, as in Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7; and hikshib, according to its radical notion, signifies to stiffen, viz., the ear); (Note: Bttcher has very correctly compared kâshab (kasuba) with kâshâh (kasa), and Fleischer with sarra (tzâr), which is applied in the kal and hiphil (asarra) to any animal (horse, ass, etc.) when it holds its ears straight and erect to listen to any noise (sarra udhneı̄h, or udhnahu bi-udhneı̄h, or bi-udhnı̄h iv., asarra bi-udhnı̄h, and also absolutely asarra, exactly like hikshib).) but he heard nothing, because the long procession was moving with the stillness of death. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Arabia Jeremiah 25:23,24 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners... o ye Cross References Genesis 10:7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Isaiah 21:12 The watchman says: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again." Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair; Jeremiah 25:24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; Jeremiah 49:8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him. Jeremiah 49:28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says the LORD: "Rise up, advance against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east! Ezekiel 27:15 The men of Dedan traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. Jump to Previous Arabia Bands Burden Camp Caravans Companies Forest Lodge Night Night's Oracle Resting-Place Spend Thick Thickets Traveling Travelling Woods WordJump to Next Arabia Bands Burden Camp Caravans Companies Forest Lodge Night Night's Oracle Resting-Place Spend Thick Thickets Traveling Travelling Woods WordLinks Isaiah 21:13 NIVIsaiah 21:13 NLT Isaiah 21:13 ESV Isaiah 21:13 NASB Isaiah 21:13 KJV Isaiah 21:13 Bible Apps Isaiah 21:13 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 21:13 Chinese Bible Isaiah 21:13 French Bible Isaiah 21:13 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |