Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 33:18

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18. meditate —on the "terror" caused by the enemy, but now past. where, c.—the language of the Jews exulting over their escape from danger. scribe —who enrolled the army [MAURER] or, who prescribed the tribute to be paid [ROSENMULLER]; or, who kept an account of the spoil. "The principal scribe of the host" ( 2 Kings 25:19 ; Jeremiah 52:25 ). The Assyrian records are free from the exaggerations of Egyptian records. Two scribes are seen in every Assyrian bas-relief, writing down the various objects brought to them, the heads of the slain, prisoners, cattle, sheep, &c. receiver —"weigher," Margin. LAYARD mentions, among the Assyrian inscriptions, "a pair a scales for weighing the spoils." counted . . . towers —he whose duty it was to reconnoitre and report the strength of the city to be besieged. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-33-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-33-18

Source

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