Isaiah 13:5

Isaiah 13:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
• New International Version (NIV)They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the Lord and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They come from a far country, From the end of heaven— The Lord and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.

Context of Isaiah 13:5

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. 4Listen 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. People 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. 7All the people will become weak with fear. They will no longer be brave.

Isaiah 13:5 word by word

בָּאִ֛ים מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָ֖ק מִקְצֵ֣ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם יְהוָה֙ וּכְלֵ֣י זַעְמ֔וֹ לְחַבֵּ֖ל כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• from a farמֶרְחָקmerchâq · distanceH4801
• countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• from the endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and the weaponsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of his indignationזַ֫עַםza‛am · indignationH2195
• to destroyחָבַלchâbal · to destroyH2254

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:5

• Isaiah 13:17Look! I will cause the Medes to come and attack Babylon. Their army has no interest in silver or gold, so nobody can pay them to stop.
• Jeremiah 50:3A nation from the north will attack Babylon. They will destroy the whole land. People and animals will all run away, so that nobody lives there.’
• 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.
• Matthew 24:31People will hear the sound of a loud trumpet. The Son of Man will send out his angels. They will go in every direction. They will bring together all the people that God has chosen from every part of the earth and from every part of the sky.’
• Jeremiah 51:20‘You are the weapon that I use to fight my battles. I have used you to punish nations. I have used you to destroy kingdoms.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They come from a far country - The word מארץ meerets is wanting in one MS. and in the Syriac: "They come from afar." From the end of heaven - Kimchi says, Media, "the end of heaven," in Scripture phrase, means, the East.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They come - That is, Yahweh and the weapons of his indignation‘ - the collected armies come. The prophet sees these assembled armies with Yahweh, as their leader, at their head. From a far country - The country of the Medes and Persians. These nations, indeed, bordered on Babylonia, but still they stretched far to the north and east, and, probably, occupied nearly all the regions to the east of Babylon which were then known. From the end of heaven - The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Just as Assyria was a weapon of God's wrath (Isaiah 9:4; 10:5, 15), other nations act as the Lord’s weapons and carry out his will. The Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC. God’s wrath shows his justice and his intent to restore order by destroying evildoers (Isaiah 10:25–26; see Lamentations 2:22; Ezekiel 7:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. They--namely, "Jehovah," and the armies which are "the weapons of His indignation." far country--Media and Persia, stretching to the far north and east. end of heaven--the far east (Psa 19:6). destroy--rather, "to seize" [Horsley].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