Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 21:9 - 21:9

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 21:9 - 21:9


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Behold; the sum of what I have discovered is this.



A chariot of men; not filled with goods, as chariots of burden used to be; but provided with men, to fight from or with them.



With a couple of horsemen; understand, and a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; which is easily understood from Isa_21:7, where they are expressed.



He; the prophet Isaiah, who set the watchman or the Lord, by whose command he was set, Isa_21:6, who here gives an explication of the vision.



All the graven images of her gods; which is mentioned as an evidence that she was fully conquered, because otherwise they would not have suffered their idols to have been thrown to the ground.



He hath broken; God, by the hands of Cyrus, his instrument. Or it is an indefinite speech, he hath broken, &c., for they are broken, &c.