10. my threshing —that is, my people (the Jews) trodden down by Babylon. corn of my floor — Hebrew, "my son of the floor," that is, my people, treated as corn laid on the floor for threshing; implying, too, that by affliction, a remnant (grain) would be separated from the ungodly (chaff) [MAURER]. HORSLEY translates, "O thou object of my unremitting prophetic pains. " See Isaiah 28:27 ; Isaiah 28:28 . Some, from Jeremiah 51:33 , make Babylon the object of the threshing; but Isaiah is plainly addressing his countrymen, as the next words show, not the Babylonians. Isaiah 21:11 ; Isaiah 21:12 . A PROPHECY TO THE IDUMEANS WHO TAUNTED THE AFFLICTED JEWS IN THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY. One out of Seir asks, What of the night? Is there a hope of the dawn of deliverance? Isaiah replies, The morning is beginning to dawn ( to us ); but night is also coming ( to you ). Compare Isaiah 21:12- : . The Hebrew captives would be delivered, and taunting Edom punished. If the Idumean wish to ask again, he may do so; if he wishes an answer of peace for his country, then let him "return (repent), come" [BARNES]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"
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