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Isaiah 21

Isa. 21:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A ζgrievous
qasheh (Hebrew #7186)
severe (in various applications)
KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.
Pronounce: kaw-sheh'
Origin: from 7185
vision
chazuwth (Hebrew #2380)
a look; hence (figuratively) striking appearance, revelation, or (by implication) compact
KJV usage: agreement, notable (one), vision.
Pronounce: khaw-zooth'
Origin: from 2372
is declared
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me; the treacherous dealer
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
e dealeth treacherously
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the spoiler
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
spoileth
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
. Gog up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Elam
`Eylam (Hebrew #5867)
probably from 5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
KJV usage: Elam.
Pronounce: ay-lawm'
Origin: or mOwlam (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36) {o-lawm'}
: besiege
tsuwr (Hebrew #6696)
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
KJV usage: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: a primitive root
, O Media
Maday (Hebrew #4074)
Madai, a country of central Asia
KJV usage: Madai, Medes, Media.
Pronounce: maw-dah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
; all the sighing
'anachah (Hebrew #585)
sighing
KJV usage: groaning, mourn, sigh.
Pronounce: an-aw-khaw'
Origin: from 585
thereof have I made to cease
shabath (Hebrew #7673)
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Pronounce: shaw-bath'
Origin: a primitive root
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hard.
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Isa. 33:1• 1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and that dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. (Isa. 33:1)
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Isa. 13:17• 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it. (Isa. 13:17)
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Jer. 49:34• 34The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, (Jer. 49:34)

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Elam,
Medes; Media,
To Spoil,
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Ministry on This Verse

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grievous.
Heb. hard.
Psa. 60:3• 3Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment. (Psa. 60:3)
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Prov. 13:15• 15Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard. (Prov. 13:15)
the treacherous.
Isa. 24:16• 16From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. (Isa. 24:16)
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Isa. 33:1• 1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and that dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. (Isa. 33:1)
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1 Sam. 24:13• 13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee. (1 Sam. 24:13)
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Jer. 51:44,48‑49,53• 44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon is fallen.
 48And the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall shout aloud over Babylon; for out of the north the spoilers shall come against her, saith Jehovah.
 49As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
 53Though Babylon should mount up to the heavens, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 51:44,48‑49,53)
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Rev. 13:10• 10If any one leads into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with the sword, he must with the sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints. (Rev. 13:10)
Go up.
Isa. 13:2‑4,17‑18• 2Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
 3I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
 4The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
 18And their bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children. (Isa. 13:2‑4,17‑18)
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Jer. 50:14,34• 14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.
 34Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. (Jer. 50:14,34)
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Jer. 49:34• 34The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, (Jer. 49:34)
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Jer. 51:11,27‑28• 11Sharpen the arrows; take the shields. Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for this is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
 27Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.
 28Prepare nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their rulers, yea, all the land of their dominion. (Jer. 51:11,27‑28)
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Dan. 5:28• 28PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. (Dan. 5:28)
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Dan. 8:20• 20The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia. (Dan. 8:20)
all the.
Isa. 14:1‑3• 1For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.
 2And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.
 3And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, (Isa. 14:1‑3)
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Isa. 35:10• 10And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isa. 35:10)
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Isa. 47:6• 6I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke; (Isa. 47:6)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 79:11• 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die; (Psa. 79:11)
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Psa. 137:1‑3• 1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
 2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
 3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. (Psa. 137:1‑3)
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Jer. 31:11‑12,20,25• 11For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
 12And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not languish any more at all.
 20Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
 25For I have satiated the weary soul, and every languishing soul have I replenished. (Jer. 31:11‑12,20,25)
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Jer. 45:3• 3Thou didst say, Woe unto me! for Jehovah hath added grief to my sorrow; I am weary with my sighing, and I find no rest. (Jer. 45:3)
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Jer. 51:3‑4• 3Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail; and spare not her young men: destroy utterly all her host.
 4And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. (Jer. 51:3‑4)
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Lam. 1:22• 22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. (Lam. 1:22)
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Mic. 7:8‑10• 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
 9I will bear the indignation of Jehovah--for I have sinned against him--until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
 10And mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets. (Mic. 7:8‑10)
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Zech. 1:15‑16• 15and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.
 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and the line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. (Zech. 1:15‑16)
• In verse 2 the call comes to Elam and Media to go up and besiege, helped to the spoil by treachery. (“Isaiah 21” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elame! besiege, Mediaf! All the sighing thereofg have I made to cease.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. Persia, as ch. 11.11.
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As ch. 13.17.
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Babylon's, or that which Babylon caused.