Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 21:3

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Isaiah imagines himself among the exiles in Babylon and cannot help feeling moved by the calamities which come on it. So for Moab (Isa 15:5; Isa 16:11). pain--(Compare Isa 13:8; Eze 30:4, Eze 30:19; Nah 2:10). at the hearing--The Hebrew may mean, "I was so bowed down that I could not hear; I was so dismayed that I could not see" (Gen 16:2; Psa 69:23) [MAURER].

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