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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 13:3 - 13:3
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sanctified ones - the Median and Persian soldiers solemnly set apart by Me for the destruction of Babylon, not inwardly “sanctified,” but designated to fulfil God’s holy purpose (Jer 51:27, Jer 51:28; Joe 3:9, Joe 3:11; where the Hebrew for prepare war is “sanctify” war).
for mine anger - to execute it.
rejoice in my highness - “Those who are made to triumph for My honor” [Horsley]. The heathen Medes could not be said to “rejoice in God’s highness” Maurer translates, “My haughtily exulting ones” (Zep 3:11); a special characteristic of the Persians [Herodotus, 1.88]. They rejoiced in their own highness, but it was His that they were unconsciously glorifying.