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ISAIAH 21:3

ISAIAH 22:5

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3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed 1 at the seeing of it. P 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. 6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the day- time, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, 2 Babylon is fallen, 1 is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. P P 10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: 1 that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. P The promise of Edom’s fall to Assyria (Fulfilled - 711 BC) 11 3 The burden of 4 Dumah. He calleth to me out of 5 Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? P 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, 3 and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. P The promise of Arabia’s fall to Assyria (Fulfilled - around 711 BC) 13 6 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling

companies of 7 Dedanim. P 14 6 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. P 15 6 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. P 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, 6 Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: P 17 6 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. P Isaiah 22 The promise of Assyria to distress more Judean cities (Fulfilled - Isa 36:1 - 704 BC) 1 8 The burden of the 9 valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? P 2 8 Thou that art full of 10 stirs, a tumultu- ous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. P 3 8 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. P 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, 8 because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. P (Note - This portion of Isaiah’s prophecy took place in the 16th year of King Hezekiah’s reign) Date Written - c. 711 BC/AM 3289

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Dan 5:30-31 (Fall of Babylon) 2. Quoted and fulfilled in Rev 14:8 & 18:2 (The Fall of Political Babylon) 3. Fulfilled - 711 BC (Fall of Edom) 4. meaning, “silence” - Gen 25:13-14 5. or, “Edom” - Gen 32:3 6. Fulfilled - c. 711 BC (Fall of Arabia) 7. Gen 10:7 & Ezk 27:15 8. Fulfilled - Isa 36:1 & II Ki 18:13-14 & II Chro 32:1 (Assyrian Distress of Judean Cities) 9. or, “Jerusalem” 10. or, “noise and excitement due to the approaching Assyrian army - Isa 32:13

5 8 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. P 21:3 Like God, Isaiah’s heart broke as he foresaw the destruction of the people of Babylon 174 years in the future (Isa 15:5 & 16:11 & 22:4). God said in Ezekiel 18:23: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? Isaiah had a heart like God’s. He would have rather seen Babylon get right than get judged. 21:8 The KJV translation of this verse is confusing to say the least, and frankly makes little if no sense. However, the Complete Jewish Bible by David H. Stern corrected the translation to read, “ He calls out like a lion: My Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day long ” 1 22:1 Jerusalem was located upon two hills in the midst of valleys surrounded by mountain ranges. This is why Isaiah refers to her as “ the valley of vision .” Isaiah warned Judah and Jerusalem that a storm was coming in the form of Assyria (vs 2-6) and that it was about to dump its torrential rains upon the people (vs 7-9). All of Judah’s preparations for the coming invasion would be futile

(vs 10-11) because she had failed to look to her Maker (vs 11) and to humble herself (vs 12). 1 Stern, David H. Complete Jewish Bible . Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Pub. 1998. Print.