And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
The verse belongs to the first division of Isaiah, chapters 1-39, which contains prophecies and historical accounts from the period of Isaiah's active work among the rulers and the people. Within that division it stands in chapters 20-22 among prophecies concerning Assyria, the wilderness of the South, Idumea, and Israel. Chapter 22 concerns the burden of the valley of vision and belongs among the judgments pronounced upon various nations and peoples. The chapter is directed against Jerusalem, rather than belonging to the surrounding prophecies against foreign nations.
Elam is shown armed with arrows and joining the forces that would conquer Babylon. Elam was the ancient province of Susiana, at first part of Babylon's empire until the rise of Persia, when it joined Persia and became its chief province. When Cyrus campaigned against Babylon in 539 B.C., the Elamites joined him as he crossed their land, and Susa, Elam's capital, afterward became the capital of the Medo-Persian Empire.
The verse belongs to the first division of Isaiah, chapters 1-39, which contains prophecies and historical accounts from the period of Isaiah's active work among the rulers and the people. Within that division it stands in chapters 20-22 among prophecies concerning Assyria, the wilderness of the South, Idumea, and Israel. Chapter 22 concerns the burden of the valley of vision and belongs among the judgments pronounced upon various nations and peoples. The chapter is directed against Jerusalem, rather than belonging to the surrounding prophecies against foreign nations.
Elam is shown armed with arrows and joining the forces that would conquer Babylon. Elam was the ancient province of Susiana, at first part of Babylon's empire until the rise of Persia, when it joined Persia and became its chief province. When Cyrus campaigned against Babylon in 539 B.C., the Elamites joined him as he crossed their land, and Susa, Elam's capital, afterward became the capital of the Medo-Persian Empire.