Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 14:21

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21. Prepare, c.—charge to the Medes and Persians, as if they were God's conscious instruments. his children —Belshazzar's ( Exodus 20:5 ). rise —to occupy the places of their fathers. fill . . . with cities —MAURER translates, "enemies," as the Hebrew means in 1 Samuel 28:16 Psalms 139:20 ; namely, lest they inundate the world with their armies. VITRINGA translates, "disturbers." In English Version the meaning is, "lest they fill the land with such cities" of pride as Babylon was. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-22" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-14-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-14-21

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological