Isaiah 21:8

Alion: My LORD*. Read: [as]. lion, "O LORD", &c.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he cried, A lion - Margin, ‘As a lion.’ This is the correct rendering. The particle כ ( k ) - ‘as,’ is not unfrequently omitted (see Isaia...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he cried, A (l) lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my post whole nights: (l) Meaning, Darius...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Capture of Babylon . This prophecy describes a siege and capture of Babylon by Elam and Media. It is almost universally considered to have been...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And he cried, A lion. “Having hearkened diligently with much heed,” at length he observes a lion. This is supposed to mean Darius wh...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: And he cried, A lion "He...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For thus hath the Lord said unto me— The Holy Spirit, having proposed to make Isaiah, and by him the church, most certain of this memorable event,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: And he cried, A...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Vision of Babylon's Fall The subject of this section is the siege of Babylon, and the dismay with which the prophet receives tidings of its fall....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'cried as a lion.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have prophecies concerning Babylon, Dumah, and Arabia. With regard to Babylon, the prophet has seen the vision of the whirlwind sw...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here by vision, a sketch of that memorable event is given to the Prophet. Though at a distance of time and place so remote; yet the outline of the ho...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he cried, a lion ,.... That is, the watchman cried, a lion, or that he saw a lion; not Uriah the priest, as the Septuagint; nor Habakkuk, as som...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: Ver. 8. And he cried,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he cried, A lion “The present reading, אריה, a lion , is so unintelligible,” says Bishop Lowth, “and the mistake so obvious, that I make no do...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And he cried, A lion: the sense of the words thus rendered is this, The watchman cried out, I see also a lion, to wit, marching before the horsemen...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Burden of the Wilderness of the Sea ( Isaiah 21:1-10 ). The interpretations of this prophecy have been varied although all finally must relate...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 21 The Burdens on The Wilderness of the Sea, on Dumah and on Arabia. We now come to the second five of the ten burdens. And here we pause...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 21:1 . The desert of the sea. The army which invaded Babylon came not directly against it; but Cyrus made a circuitous route, and collected...
The Biblical Illustrator

The burden of the desert of the sea The desert of the sea This enigmatical name for Babylon was no doubt suggested by the actual character of t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 21:1-23 THE BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA . This is a short and somewhat vague, but highly poetic, "burd...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oracle Against Babylon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he cried, in growing impatience, A lion, properly, "as a lion," with a lion-like voice, My lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A lion — The watchmen cried out, I see also a lion marching before the horsemen and chariots: which they suppose to represent Cyrus or Darius march...

⁸ And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 21:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 21:8