Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 31:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 31:1 - 31:1

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 31:1 - 31:1

(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

31:1 - 31:1
31:2 - 31:2
31:3 - 31:3
31:4 - 31:4
31:5 - 31:5
31:6 - 31:6
31:7 - 31:7
31:8 - 31:8
31:9 - 31:9

Isa 31:1-9. The chief strength of the Egyptian armies lay in their cavalry.

and stay on horses, and trust in chariots - In their level and fertile plains horses could easily be used and fed (Exo 14:9; 1Ki 10:28). In hilly Palestine horses were not so easily had or available. The Jews were therefore the more eager to get Egyptian chariots as allies against the Assyrian cavalry. In Assyrian sculptures chariots are represented drawn by three horses, and with three men in them (see Isa 36:9; Psa 20:7; Dan 9:13).