Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
residue . . . diminished—The remnant of Arab warriors, famous in the bow, left after the invasion, shall be small.
That by Sennacherib, in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah; Isaiah 22:8-11, the preparations for defense and securing of water exactly answer to those in II Chronicles 32:4-5, II Chronicles 32:30. "Shebna," too (Isaiah 22:15), was scribe at this time (Isaiah 36:3) [MAURER]. The language of Isaiah 22:12-14, as to the infidelity and consequent utter ruin of the Jews, seems rather to foreshadow the destruction by Nebuchadnezzar in Zedekiah's reign, and cannot be restricted to Hezekiah's time [LOWTH].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 21:17:
Isaiah 21:13
Isaiah 22:3
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