Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
meditate—on the "terror" caused by the enemy, but now past.
where, etc.—the language of the Jews exulting over their escape from danger.
scribe—who enrolled the army [MAURER]; or, who prescribed the tribute to be paid [ROSENMULLER]; or, who kept an account of the spoil. "The principal scribe of the host" (II Kings 25:19; Jeremiah 52:25). The Assyrian records are free from the exaggerations of Egyptian records. Two scribes are seen in every Assyrian bas-relief, writing down the various objects brought to them, the heads of the slain, prisoners, cattle, sheep, etc.
receiver—"weigher," Margin. LAYARD mentions, among the Assyrian inscriptions, "a pair a scales for weighing the spoils."
counted . . . towers—he whose duty it was to reconnoitre and report the strength of the city to be besieged.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 33:18:
Jeremiah 52:25
1 Corinthians 1:20
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