Isaiah 13:4

Isaiah 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The Lord of hosts musters The army for battle.

Context of Isaiah 13:4

2Lift up a sign on an empty hill. Shout aloud for an army to attack! Wave your hand! Then they will go through the city gates into the rulers' palaces. 3I, the Lord, have sent my special men. I am very angry. Those men are my brave soldiers who will punish Babylon on my behalf. They are proud because I have made them strong. Listen to the loud noise of a big crowd on the mountains! It is the sound of large armies from many kingdoms as they march and shout. Nations are joining together to fight! The Lord Almighty is preparing an army ready for war. 5People are coming from countries that are far away, from the ends of the earth. The Lord himself is coming with weapons for war, because he is angry. He will destroy the whole land. 6Weep, because the day of the Lord is near. That is the time when God Almighty will destroy his enemies.

Isaiah 13:4 word by word

ק֥וֹל הָמ֛וֹן בֶּֽהָרִ֖ים דְּמ֣וּת עַם־רָ֑ב ק֠וֹל שְׁא֞וֹן מַמְלְכ֤וֹת גּוֹיִם֙ נֶֽאֱסָפִ֔ים יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת מְפַקֵּ֖ד צְבָ֥א מִלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of a multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• in the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• like asדְּמוּתdemûth · likenessH1823
• of a greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• a tumultuousשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• of the kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• of nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• gathered togetherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• musterethפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• the hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• of the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:4

• Isaiah 22:1This is a message about the city that is called ‘Vision Valley’. What are you doing? You have all climbed up on the roofs of your houses!
• Jeremiah 50:2‘Tell this news to the nations! Wave a flag to make sure that people listen! Do not try to hide anything. Say this: “Enemies will take Babylon. Bel will become ashamed. Yes, Marduk will be afraid. All Babylon's disgusting idols will be ashamed.”
• Jeremiah 51:11‘Make your arrows sharp! Prepare your weapons! The Lord has caused Media's kings to prepare for war. He will use them to destroy Babylon. The Lord will punish the people of Babylonia because they destroyed his temple.
• Ezekiel 38:3Say, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am your enemy, Gog, prince of Meshech and Tubal.
• Joel 3:14Many nations are in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. It is there that the day of the Lord will soon come.
• Zechariah 14:1There will be a day when your enemies will take away everything. They will take away everything that is yours. They will each have some of your things.
• Revelation 19:11I saw that heaven was now open. I saw a white horse there! The name of the man who was riding the horse was this: ‘A faithful, honest person’. He is always right when he judges people and when he goes to punish them in war.
• Joel 2:4They look like horses. And they run fast to the war.
• Revelation 9:7The locusts were like horses that were ready to fight in a war. They wore something on their heads that seemed to be gold crowns. Their faces looked like human faces.
• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• Isaiah 45:1The Lord says this to Cyrus, the king that he has chosen to serve him: ‘I hold your right hand. I give you power over other nations, to take away the weapons of their kings. I will open the gates of cities in front of you, and they will stay open.
• Jeremiah 50:14‘Get ready to fight, all you soldiers who have bows and arrows. Stand in your places around Babylon. Shoot your arrows into the city! Shoot all of them! Punish Babylon, because its people have turned against the Lord.
• Jeremiah 51:6Run away from Babylonia! Run quickly to escape from there! Do not stay there to die along with Babylonia's people. The time has come for the Lord to pay them back for their sins. He will punish them as they deserve.
• Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion. Tell the people on the Lord's hill that they must watch for trouble. All the people who live in this country will be afraid. They will be afraid because the day of the Lord is coming. It is very near.
• Revelation 18:8Because she speaks like that, she will receive many troubles in one single day. Her people will become very ill. They will be very sad. They will have no food to eat. Fire will destroy the city, The Lord God is powerful. So he will punish her with these troubles.’

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Of the battle "For the battle" - The Bodleian MS. has למלחמה lemilchamah . Cyrus's army was made up of many different nations. Jeremiah calls it an "assembly of great nations from the north country," Jeremiah 50:9. And afterwards mentions the kingdoms of "Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz, (i.e. Armenia, Corduene, Pontus or Phrygia, Vitring.), with the kings of the Medes," Jeremiah 51:27, Jeremiah 51:28. See Xenophon. Cyrop.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The noise of a multitude in the mountains - The prophet here represents himself as hearing the confused tumult of the nations assembling to the standard reared on the mountains Isaiah 13:2. This is a highly beautiful figure - a graphic and vivid representation of the scene before him. Nations are seen to hasten to the elevated banner, and to engage in active preparations for the mighty war. The sound is that of a tumult, an excited multitude hastening to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. the mountains--namely, which separate Media and Assyria, and on one of which the banner to rally the hosts is supposed to be reared. tumultuous noise--The Babylonians are vividly depicted as hearing some unwonted sound like the din of a host; they try to distinguish the sounds, but can only perceive a tumultuous noise. nations--Medes, Persians, and Armenians composed Cyrus' army.Read the comment

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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