Isaiah 13:17

Isaiah 13:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
• New International Version (NIV)See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, Who will not regard silver; And as for gold, they will not delight in it.

Context of Isaiah 13:17

15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. 16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. 18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 13:17 word by word

הִנְנִ֛י מֵעִ֥יר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לֹ֣א יַחְשֹׁ֔בוּ וְזָהָ֖ב לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Beholdהֵןhên · look!H2005
• I will stir upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• against themעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the Medesמָדַיmâday · MedeH4074
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• have noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• regardחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: countH2803
• for silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• desireחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• for goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:17

• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
• Isaiah 21:2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
• Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
• Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
• Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.
• Daniel 5:28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
• Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Which shall not regard silver "Who shall hold silver of no account" - That is, who shall not be induced, by large offers of gold and silver for ransom, to spare the lives of those whom they have subdued in battle; their rage and cruelty will get the better of all such motives. We have many examples in the Iliad and in the Aeneid of addresses of the vanquished to the pity and avarice of the vanquishers, to induce them to spare their lives. Est domus alta…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Behold, I will stir up - I will cause them to engage in this enterprise. This is an instance of the control which God claims over the nations, and of his power to excite and direct them as he pleases. The Medes - This is one of the places in which the prophet specified, “by name,” the instrument of the wrath of God. Cyrus himself is subsequently mentioned Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1 as the agent by which God would accomplish his purposes. It is remarkable…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-18Verses 6-18 We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to describe the convulsions of governments. God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The Lord is sovereign and controls history. He can influence kingdoms to carry out his will. The Medes from northwestern Iran joined Persian King Cyrus to fight against Babylon in 539 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Medes--(Is 21:2; Jr 51:11, 28). At that time they were subject to Assyria; subsequently Arbaces, satrap of Media, revolted against the effeminate Sardanapalus, king of Assyria, destroyed Nineveh, and became king of Media, in the ninth century B.C. not regard silver--In vain will one try to buy his life from them for a ransom. The heathen Xenophon (Cyropædia, 5,1,10) represents Cyrus as attributing this characteristic to the Medes, disregard of riches…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 13:17

• Archery
• Cyrus
• Gold
• Money
• Persia

In the dictionaries

• Medes
• Mede, Medes, Media
• Babylon
• Glory
• Haughtiness
• Howl
• Astronomy
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil

Commentaries on Isaiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings