And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
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Interpretation
Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened.
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This thought runs through Isaiah 22:3-7.
Glossary
- Elam Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Shush.
- Kir Place
- A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus ( 2 Kings 16:9 ; Amos 1:5 ; 9:7 ). Modern identification: Der.