God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 13:1
1This is the divine revelation which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Babylon.
Isaiah 13:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- New International Version (NIV)A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
- English Standard Version (ESV)The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Context of Isaiah 13:1
This is the divine revelation which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Babylon. 2Raise a banner on the bare mountaintop. Call loudly to them. Signal them with your hand to enter the nobles’ gates. 3I’ve commanded my holy ones. I’ve called my mighty men to carry out my anger. They find joy in my triumphs.
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מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 13:1
- Isaiah 14:28This was the divine revelation in the year King Ahaz died.
- Isaiah 15:1This is the divine revelation about Moab. In a single night Ar in Moab is laid waste and destroyed! In a single night Kir in Moab is laid waste and destroyed!
- Isaiah 17:1This is the divine revelation about Damascus. “Damascus will no longer be a city. It will become a pile of rubble.
- Isaiah 19:1This is the divine revelation about Egypt. The Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s idols will tremble in his presence. Egypt’s courage will fail.
- Isaiah 21:1This is the divine revelation about the desert by the sea. Like a storm sweeping through the Negev, an invader will come from the desert, from a terrifying land.
- Isaiah 22:1This is the divine revelation about the valley of Vision. What’s the matter with you? Why do all of you go up on the roofs?
- Isaiah 23:1This is the divine revelation about Tyre. Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish! Your port at Tyre is destroyed. Word has come to the ships from Cyprus.
- Jeremiah 23:33“When these people, the prophets, or the priests ask you, ‘What revelation has the Lord burdened you with now?’ say to them, ‘You are the burden! I will abandon you, declares the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 12:10“Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: This is the divine revelation about the prince from Jerusalem and about all the people of Israel who live there.’
- Nahum 1:1This is a revelation from the Lord about Nineveh. This book contains the vision of Nahum from Elkosh.
- Habakkuk 1:1The divine revelation that the prophet Habakkuk saw.
- Zechariah 9:1This is the divine revelation. The Lord’s word is against the land of Hadrach and will rest on Damascus
- Zechariah 12:1This is the prophetic revelation, the Lord’s word about Israel. The Lord—who spread out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit in a person—says,
- Malachi 1:1This is a divine revelation. The Lord spoke his word to Israel through Malachi.
- Isaiah 14:4Then you will mock the king of Babylon with this saying, “How the tyrant has come to an end! How his attacks have come to an end!”
- Isaiah 43:14This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send ⌞an army⌟ to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in.
Commentaries on Isaiah 13:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The burden of Babylon - The prophecy that foretells its destruction by the Medes and Persians: see the preceding observations.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The burden of Babylon - Or, the burden “respecting,” or “concerning” Babylon. This prophecy is introduced in a different manner from those which have preceded. The terms which Isaiah employed in the commencement of his previous prophecies, were vision (see the note at Isaiah 1:1), or word Isaiah 2:1. There has been considerable diversity of opinion in regard to the meaning of the word burden,‘ which is here employed. The Vulgate renders it, Onus…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The armies of God's wrath. (Is. 13:1-5) The conquest of Babylon. (Is. 13:6-18) Its final desolation. (Is. 13:19-22) Verses 1-5 The threatenings of God's word press heavily upon the wicked, and are a sore burden, too heavy for them to bear. The persons brought together to lay Babylon waste, are called God's sanctified or appointed ones; designed for this service, and made able to do it. They are called God's mighty ones, because they had their might from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1This section contains prophecies of judgment against the nations. By including a prophecy against Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 22:1–25) in the midst of prophecies against the pagan nations, Isaiah emphasized that Israel’s identity as God’s people would not protect them from God’s punishment when they sinned as the other nations do.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22The predictions as to foreign nations are for the sake of the covenant people, to preserve them from despair, or reliance on human confederacies, and to strengthen their faith in God: also in order to extirpate narrow-minded nationality: God is Jehovah to Israel, not for Israel's sake alone, but that He may be thereby Elohim to the nations. These prophecies are in their right chronological place, in the beginning of Hezekiah's reign; then the nations of…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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