Isaiah 13:10

Isaiah 13:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
• New International Version (NIV)The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.

Context of Isaiah 13:10

8They will be very afraid. Their bodies will hurt with great pain, like a woman who is giving birth. They will look at each other, as their faces show fear and pain. 9Look! The day of the Lord will happen soon! It will be a cruel day. The Lord will punish his enemies with great anger. He will destroy the whole land, as well as all the sinners in it. When he does that, the stars in the sky will give no light. When the sun rises in the morning, it will still be dark. The moon will no longer shine. 11I, the Lord, will punish the world, because it is evil. I will punish wicked people for their sins. I will stop proud people from boasting. If strong people are cruel to others, I will bring them down low. 12Very few people will remain after my punishment. Men and women will be more difficult to find than the best gold.

Isaiah 13:10 word by word

כִּֽי־כוֹכְבֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א יָהֵ֖לּוּ אוֹרָ֑ם חָשַׁ֤ךְ הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בְּצֵאת֔וֹ וְיָרֵ֖חַ לֹֽא־יַגִּ֥יהַ אוֹרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and the constellationsכְּסִילkesîyl · constellationH3685
• thereof shall not giveהָלַלhâlal · to shineH1984
• their lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• shall be darkenedחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
• in his going forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: (sun)riseH3318
• and the moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
• to shineנָגַהּnâgahh · to shineH5050

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:10

• Isaiah 5:30On the day that they attack, the enemy will roar over the people that they catch. They will make a noise like a rough sea. If anyone looks across the land, it will be completely dark because of all the trouble. Clouds will make the light of day become dark.
• Isaiah 24:21At that time, the Lord will punish the powerful beings in the skies above. He will punish the kings who rule on the earth below.
• Ezekiel 32:7When I completely destroy you, I will cover the sky and make the stars become dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud. The moon will no longer give any light.
• Joel 2:10The earth in front of them moves. The sky itself moves. The sun and moon are dark and the stars do not give any light.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will become dark. The stars will not shine.
• Amos 8:9The Lord God says, ‘At that time, I will make the sun go down at noon. I will make the earth become dark in the daytime.
• Zephaniah 1:15The Lord will be very angry at that time. It will be a time when there will be trouble. On that day, he will destroy everything bad. It will be very dark. At that time, there will be thick dark clouds.
• Matthew 24:29Then after all these bad things have happened, “The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine any more. Stars will fall out of the sky. And the powerful things in the sky will shake.”
• Mark 13:24Then, after all these bad things have happened, the sun will become dark. The moon will not shine any more.
• Luke 21:25‘You will see strange things happen to the sun and to the moon and to the stars. Down on earth, things that happen will make people in many countries very afraid. The sea will move up and down and make a lot of noise. There will be great storms.
• Revelation 6:12I watched again. I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal. Then the ground shook with a great earthquake. The sun became black like thick black cloth. The whole moon became red like blood.
• Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel made a sound with his trumpet. A third of the sun became dark. A third of the moon and a third of the stars also became dark. There was no light for a third of the day and there was no light for a third of the night.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For the stars of heaven "Yea, the stars of heaven" - The Hebrew poets, to express happiness, prosperity, the instauration and advancement of states, kingdoms, and potentates, make use of images taken from the most striking parts of nature, from the heavenly bodies, from the sun, moon, and stars: which they describe as shining with increased splendor, and never setting. The moon becomes like the meridian sun, and the sun's light is augmented sevenfold…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For the stars of heaven - This verse cannot be understood literally, but is a metaphorical representation of the calamities that were coming upon Babylon The meaning of the figure evidently is, that those calamities would be such as would be appropriately denoted by the sudden extinguishment of the stars, the sun, and the moon. As nothing would tend more to anarchy, distress, and ruin, than thus to have all the lights of heaven suddenly and forever…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. 10Cosmic upheaval and darkness are common images for the day of the Lord, a time of God’s judgment (see also Ezekiel 32:7–8; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Revelation 6:12–13; 8:12; compare Isaiah 30:26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. stars, &c.--figuratively for anarchy, distress, and revolutions of kingdoms (Is 34:4; Joe 2:10; Eze 32:7, 8; Am 8:9; Re 6:12-14). There may be a literal fulfilment finally, shadowed forth under this imagery (Re 21:1). constellations--Hebrew, "a fool," or "impious one"; applied to the constellation Orion, which was represented as an impious giant (Nimrod deified, the founder of Babylon) chained to the sky. See on Job 38:31.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 13:10

• Astronomy
• Constellations
• Darkness
• Eclipse
• Moon
• Orion
• Stars

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Constellation
• Darkness
• Glory
• Haughtiness
• Howl
• Orion
• Astronomy
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of

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