the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Isaiah 22:6
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Horse soldiers from Elam took their bags of arrows and rode into battle. Soldiers from Kir rattled their shields.
Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields.
The soldiers from Elam will gather their arrows and their chariots and men on horses. Kir will prepare their shields.
The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.
And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Helam took an arowe caas, and the chare of an horse man; and the scheeld made nakid the wal.
And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
The people of Elam and Kir attacked with chariots and carried shields.
And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.
‘Eilam picks up the quivers, with cavalry and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shields.
—Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.
And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam bare the quiuer with charets of men and horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield.
Elam took up the arrows with the war-wagons, soldiers and horsemen. And Kir let the battle-covering be seen.
Elam bore the quiver with chariots and cavalry, and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam bare the quiuer in a mans charet wt horsemen, and Kir vncouered the shield.
And Elam bore the quiver with the chariots of men and horsemen, and the shields were seen on the wall.
Yea, Elam, beareth the quiver, With trams of men, and horsemen, - And, Kir, hath uncovered the shield.
And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam bare the quiuer with a charret of footmen and horsemen, and the citie of Kir shewed the shielde open.
And the Elamites took their quivers, and there were men mounted on horses, and there was a gathering for battle.
The soldiers from the land of Elam came riding on horseback, armed with bows and arrows. Soldiers from the land of Kir had their shields ready.
Elam took up a quiverwith chariots and horsemen,and Kir uncovered the shield.
`Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam lifted up the quiver, with chariots of men and cavalry. And Kir uncovered the shield.
And Persia lifted the quiver with a chariot of a man and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men -- horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.
I sawe the Elamites take the quyuers to carte and to horse, and that the walles were bare from harnesse.
Elam picked up the quiver, With the chariots, infantry, and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.
Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
Now Elam took up the quiverWith the chariots, infantry, and horsemen;And Kir uncovered the shield.
Contextual Overview
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Elam: Isaiah 21:2, Genesis 10:22, Jeremiah 49:35-39
Kir: Isaiah 15:1, 2 Kings 16:9, Amos 1:5, Amos 9:7
uncovered: Heb. made naked
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:1 - Elam 1 Chronicles 1:17 - Elam 1 Chronicles 19:17 - and set Jeremiah 25:25 - Elam
Cross-References
All of us like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, to the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha:
who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen,.... Or the Elamites, as the Targum and Septuagint, that is, the Persians, who were at this time subject to the Assyrians, and served in Sennacherib's army, which consisted of many nations; see
Isaiah 29:7 these bore the quiver, a case for arrows, being expert in the use of the bow, which was the chief of their might, Jeremiah 49:35 and so Strabo o reports, that the Elamites had many archers among them; and along with them went
chariots of men, full of men, of military men; these were chariots for war, and brought men to fight against Jerusalem;
[and] horsemen also, these were the cavalry, as those that carried bows and arrows seem to be the foot soldiers. The Targum is,
"and the Elamites bore arms in the chariot of a man, and with it a couple of horsemen;''
as in the vision or prophecy concerning Babylon, Isaiah 21:7:
and Kir uncovered the shield; this was a city in Media, and signifies the Medes, who were in subjection to the Assyrians, and fought under them; see 2 Kings 16:9 though Ben Melech says it was a city belonging to the king of Assyria; these prepared for battle, uncased their shields, which before were covered to keep them clean, and preserve them from rust and dirt; or they polished them, made them bright, as the word in the Ethiopic language signifies, as De Dieu has observed; see Isaiah 21:5 these might be most expert in the use of the shield and sword, as the others were at the bow and arrow. Some render "Kir" a "wall": so the Targum,
"and to the wall the shields stuck;''
and the Vulgate Latin version, "the shield made bare the wall": but it is best to understand it as the proper name of a place.
o Geograph. l. 16. p. 512.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And Elam - The southern part of Persia, perhaps used here to denote Persia in general (see the note at Isaiah 21:2). Elam, or Persia, was at this time subject to Assyria, and their forces were united doubtless in the invasion of Judea.
Bare the quiver - A ‘quiver’ is a case in which arrows are carried. This was usually hung upon the shoulders, and thus “borne” by the soldier when he entered into battle. By the expression here, is meant that Elam was engaged in the siege, and was distinguished particularly for skill in shooting arrows. That the Elamites were thus distinguished for the use of the bow, is apparent from Ezekiel 32:24, and Jeremiah 49:35.
With chariots of men and horsemen - Lowth proposes, instead of ‘men,’ to read ארם 'ărâm, “Syria,” instead of אדם 'âdâm, “man,” by the change of the single Hebrew letter ד (d) into the Hebrew letter ר (r). This mistake might have been easily made where the letters are so much alike, and it would suit the parallelism of the passage, but there is no authority of MSS. or versions for the change. The words ‘chariots of men - horsemen,’ I understand here, as in Isaiah 21:7, to mean “a troop or riding” of men who were horsemen. Archers often rode in this manner. The Scythians usually fought on horseback with bows and arrows.
Kir - Kir was a city of Media, where the river Kyrus or Cyrus flows 2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; Amos 9:7. This was evidently then connected with the Assyrian monarchy, and was engaged with it in the invasion of Judea. Perhaps the name ‘’Kir’ was given to a region or province lying on the river Cyrus or Kyrus. This river unites with the Araxes, and falls into the Caspian Sea.
Uncovered the shield - (see the note at Isaiah 21:5). Shields were protected during a march, or when not in use, by a covering of cloth. Among the Greeks, the name of this covering was Σάγμα Sagma. Shields were made either of metal or of skin, and the object in covering them was to preserve the metal untarnished, or to keep the shield from injury. To “uncover the shield,” therefore, was to prepare for battle. The Medes were subject to the Assyrians in the time of Hezekiah 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 17:6, and of course in the time of the invasion of Judea by Sennacherib.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 22:6. Chariots of men - "The Syriac"] It is not easy to say what רכב אדם recheb adam, a chariot of men, can mean. It seems by the form of the sentence, which consists of three members, the first and the third mentioning a particular people, that the second should do so likewise. Thus ברכב ארם ופרשים berecheb aram uparashim, "with chariots the Syrian, and with horsemen:" the similitude of the letters ד daleth and ר resh is so great, and the mistakes arising from it are so frequent, that I readily adopt the correction of Houbigant, ארם aram, Syria, instead of אדם adam, man; which seems to me extremely probable. The conjunction ו vau, and, prefixed to פרשים parashim, horsemen, seems necessary in whatever way the sentence may be taken; and it is confirmed by five MSS., (one ancient,) four of De Rossi's, and two ancient of my own; one by correction of Dr. Kennicott's, and three editions. Kir was a city belonging to the Medes. The Medes were subject to the Assyrians in Hezekiah's time, (see 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 17:6;) and so perhaps might Elam (the Persians) likewise be, or auxiliaries to them.
