Isaiah 21 #catechesis/bible/isaiah
[!abstract] The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians: a prophecy against the Edomites and the Arabians.
Book: Isaiah · ← Isaiah 20 · Isaiah 22 →
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GR τὸ ὅραμα τῆς ἐρήμου ὡς καταιγὶς δι’ ἐρήμου διέλθοι ἐξ ἐρήμου ἐρχομένη ἐκ γῆς φοβερὸν
LA Onus deserti maris. Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.
EN The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it comes from the desert from a terrible land.
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GR τὸ ὅραμα καὶ σκληρὸν ἀνηγγέλη μοι ὁ ἀθετῶν ἀθετεῖ ὁ ἀνομῶν ἀνομεῖ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ οἱ Αιλαμῖται καὶ οἱ πρέσβεις τῶν Περσῶν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἔρχονται νῦν στενάξω καὶ παρακαλέσω ἐμαυτόν
LA Visio dura nuntiata est mihi: qui incredulus est infideliter agit; et qui depopulator est vastat. Ascende, Ælam; obside, Mede; omnem gemitum ejus cessare feci.
EN A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful deals unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoils. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.
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[!note]- O Elam…
That is, O Persia. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἐνεπλήσθη ἡ ὀσφύς μου ἐκλύσεως καὶ ὠδῖνες ἔλαβόν με ὡς τὴν τίκτουσαν ἠδίκησα τὸ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι ἐσπούδασα τὸ μὴ βλέπειν
LA Propterea repleti sunt lumbi mei dolore; angustia possedit me sicut angustia parturientis; corrui cum audirem, conturbatus sum cum viderem.
EN Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish has taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.
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GR ἡ καρδία μου πλανᾶται καὶ ἡ ἀνομία με βαπτίζει ἡ ψυχή μου ἐφέστηκεν εἰς φόβον
LA Emarcuit cor meum; tenebræ stupefecerunt me: Babylon dilecta mea posita est mihi in miraculum.
EN My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved has become a wonder to me.
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GR ἑτοίμασον τὴν τράπεζαν πίετε φάγετε ἀναστάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες ἑτοιμάσατε θυρεούς
LA Pone mensam, contemplare in specula comedentes et bibentes: surgite, principes, arripite clypeum.
EN Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, you princes, take up the shield.
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GR ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος πρός με βαδίσας σεαυτῷ στῆσον σκοπὸν καὶ ὃ ἂν ἴδῃς ἀνάγγειλον
LA Hæc enim dixit mihi Dominus: Vade, et pone speculatorem, et quodcumque viderit annuntiet.
EN For thus has the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
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GR καὶ εἶδον ἀναβάτας ἱππεῖς δύο ἀναβάτην ὄνου καὶ ἀναβάτην καμήλου ἀκρόασαι ἀκρόασιν πολλὴν
LA Et vidit currum duorum equitum, ascensorem asini, et ascensorem cameli; et contemplatus est diligenter multo intuitu.
EN And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.
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[!note]- A rider upon an ass, etc…
These two riders are the kings of the Persians and Medes. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ κάλεσον Ουριαν εἰς τὴν σκοπιὰν κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν ἔστην διὰ παντὸς ἡμέρας καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἔστην ὅλην τὴν νύκτα
LA Et clamavit leo: Super speculam Domini ego sum, stans jugiter per diem; et super custodiam meam ego sum, stans totis noctibus.
EN And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.
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[!note]- And a lion cried out…
That is, I Isaiah seeing the approaching ruin of Babylon, have cried out as a lion roaring. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἔρχεται ἀναβάτης συνωρίδος καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πέπτωκεν Βαβυλών καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀγάλματα αὐτῆς καὶ τὰ χειροποίητα αὐτῆς συνετρίβησαν εἰς τὴν γῆν
LA Ecce iste venit ascensor vir bigæ equitum; et respondit, et dixit: Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, et omnia sculptilia deorum ejus contrita sunt in terram.
EN Behold this man comes, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.
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GR ἀκούσατε οἱ καταλελειμμένοι καὶ οἱ ὀδυνώμενοι ἀκούσατε ἃ ἤκουσα παρὰ κυρίου σαβαωθ ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Ισραηλ ἀνήγγειλεν ἡμῖν
LA Tritura mea et filii areæ meæ, quæ audivi a Domino exercituum, Deo Israël, annuntiavi vobis.
EN O my thrashing, and the children of my floor, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.
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[!note]- The desert of the sea…
So Babylon is here called, because from a city as full of people as the sea is with water, it was become a desert. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR τὸ ὅραμα τῆς Ιδουμαίας πρὸς ἐμὲ καλεῖ παρὰ τοῦ Σηιρ φυλάσσετε ἐπάλξεις
LA Onus Duma. Ad me clamat ex Seir: Custos, quid de nocte? custos, quid de nocte?
EN The burden of Duma. Calls to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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[!note]- Duma…
That is, Idumea, or Edom. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR φυλάσσω τὸ πρωὶ καὶ τὴν νύκτα ἐὰν ζητῇς ζήτει καὶ παρ’ ἐμοὶ οἴκει
LA Dixit custos: Venit mane et nox; si quæritis, quærite; convertimini, venite.
EN The watchman said: The morning comes, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.
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GR ἐν τῷ δρυμῷ ἑσπέρας κοιμηθήσῃ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ Δαιδαν
LA Onus in Arabia. In saltu ad vesperam dormietis, in semitis Dedanim.
EN The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.
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GR εἰς συνάντησιν διψῶντι ὕδωρ φέρετε οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν χώρᾳ Θαιμαν ἄρτοις συναντᾶτε τοῖς φεύγουσιν
LA Occurrentes sitienti ferte aquam, qui habitatis terram austri; cum panibus occurrite fugienti.
EN Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that flees.
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GR διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν φευγόντων καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πλανωμένων καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μαχαίρας καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν τοξευμάτων τῶν διατεταμένων καὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν πεπτωκότων ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ
LA A facie enim gladiorum fugerunt, a facie gladii imminentis, a facie arcus extenti, a facie gravis prælii.
EN For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.
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GR ὅτι οὕτως εἶπέν μοι κύριος ἔτι ἐνιαυτὸς ὡς ἐνιαυτὸς μισθωτοῦ ἐκλείψει ἡ δόξα τῶν υἱῶν Κηδαρ
LA Quoniam hæc dicit Dominus ad me: Adhuc in uno anno, quasi in anno mercenarii, et auferetur omnis gloria Cedar.
EN For thus says the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.
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[!note]- Cedar…
Arabia. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τῶν τοξευμάτων τῶν ἰσχυρῶν υἱῶν Κηδαρ ἔσται ὀλίγον διότι κύριος ἐλάλησεν ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ
LA Et reliquiæ numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar imminuentur; Dominus enim Deus Israël locutus est.
EN And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel has spoken it.
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