English Standard Version
Isaiah 13:15
15Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
Isaiah 13:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.
Context of Isaiah 13:15
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of his fierce anger. 14And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land. Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword. 16Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. 17Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
Read all of Isaiah 13Isaiah 13:15 word by word
כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֖א יִדָּקֵ֑ר וְכָל־הַנִּסְפֶּ֖ה יִפּ֥וֹל בֶּחָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 13:15
- Isaiah 14:19but you are cast out, away from your grave, like a loathed branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a dead body trampled underfoot.
- Isaiah 47:9These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments.
- Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
- Jeremiah 51:3Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his armor. Spare not her young men; devote to destruction all her army.
Commentaries on Isaiah 13:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Every one that is found "Every one that is overtaken" - That is, none shall escape from the slaughter; neither they who flee singly, dispersed and in confusion; nor they who endeavor to make their retreat in a more regular manner, by forming compact bodies: they shall all be equally cut off by the sword of the enemy. The Septuagint have understood it in this sense, which they have well expressed: - ̔ ̔ͅ ̔, ̔ . "Whosoever is caught shall be overthrown, And…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Every one that is found - In Babylon, or that is overtaken in fleeing from it. This is a description of the capture of the city, and of the slaughter that would ensue, when the invaders would spare neither age nor sex. Every one that is joined unto them - Their allies and friends. There shall be a vast, indiscriminate slaughter of all that are found in the city, and of those that attempt to flee from it. Lowth renders this, And all that are collected in a…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. found--in the city. joined--"intercepted" [Maurer]. "Every one that has withdrawn himself," namely, to hide in the houses [Gesenius].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
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