Discovery BoxIsaiah 22:6
Context22:6 The Elamites picked up the quiver,
and came with chariots and horsemen; 1
the men of Kir 2 prepared 3 the shield. 4
Isaiah 15:1
Context15:1 Here is a message about Moab:
Indeed, in a night it is devastated,
Ar of Moab is destroyed!
Indeed, in a night it is devastated,
Kir of Moab is destroyed!
[22:6] 1 tn Heb “[with] the chariots of men, horsemen.”
[22:6] 2 sn A distant region in the direction of Mesopotamia; see Amos 1:5; 9:7.
[22:6] 3 tn Heb “Kir uncovers” (so NAB, NIV).
[22:6] 4 sn The Elamites and men of Kir may here symbolize a fierce army from a distant land. If this oracle anticipates a Babylonian conquest of the city (see 39:5-7), then the Elamites and men of Kir are perhaps viewed here as mercenaries in the Babylonian army. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:410.
