Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
In their pleasant palaces "In their palaces" - bealmenothaiv ; a plain mistake, I presume, for bearmenothaiv . It is so corrected in two MSS., the Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate.
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, ̈́ .
Hom. Hymn. in Apol. 77.
Of which the following passage of Milton may be taken for a translation, though not so designed: -
"And in their palaces,
Where luxury late reigned, sea monsters whelped,
And stabled."
Par. Lost, 11:750.
This image of desolation is handled with great propriety and force by some of the Persian poets: -
"The spider holds the veil in the palace of Caesar;
The owl stands centinel on the watch-tower of Afrasiab."
On this quotation Sir W. Jones observes, noubet is an Arabic word, signifying a turn, a change, a watch; hence noubet zudun in Persian signifies to relieve the guards by the sounds of drums and trumpets. Their office is given by the poet to the owl; as that of purdeh dar , or chamberlain, is elegantly assigned to the spider.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Isaiah 13:22:
Exodus 7:10
1 Kings 2:46
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