Isaiah 13:14

Isaiah 13:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
• New International Version (NIV)Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, they will all return to their own people, they will flee to their native land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall be as the hunted gazelle, And as a sheep that no man takes up; Every man will turn to his own people, And everyone will flee to his own land.

Context of Isaiah 13:14

12I will make people harder to find than pure gold and human beings more rare than gold from Ophir. 13I will make heaven tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place when the Lord of Armies is angry. At that time he will be very angry. They’ll be like hunted gazelle and like sheep with no one to gather them. Everyone will return to his own people and flee to his own land. 15Whoever is found will be stabbed to death. Whoever is captured will be executed. 16Their little children will be smashed to death right before their eyes. Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

Isaiah 13:14 word by word

וְהָיָה֙ כִּצְבִ֣י מֻדָּ֔ח וּכְצֹ֖אן וְאֵ֣ין מְקַבֵּ֑ץ אִ֤ישׁ אֶל־עַמּוֹ֙ יִפְנ֔וּ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶל־אַרְצ֖וֹ יָנֽוּסוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall be as the chasedנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
• roeצְבִיtsebîy · gazelleH6643
• and as a sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• that no man taketh upקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• they shall every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• turnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• to his own peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• into his own landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:14

• Isaiah 17:13The people will make noise like raging water. But the Lord will yell at them, and they will run far away. They will be chased away like husks on the mountains being blown by the wind, like whirling dust being blown by a storm.
• 1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah said, “I saw Israel’s troops scattered in the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘These ⌞sheep⌟ have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’ ”
• Isaiah 47:15This is how it will be for those who have worked with you, for those who have been with you ever since you were young. They will go their own ways, and there will be no one to save you.
• Jeremiah 50:16Don’t allow anyone in Babylon to plant or harvest. Everyone will turn to his own people and flee to his own homeland because of the enemies’ swords.
• Jeremiah 51:9We wanted to heal Babylon, but it couldn’t be healed. Let’s abandon it and go to our own land. God has judged Babylon. Its judgment is complete.
• Revelation 18:9“The kings of the earth who had sex with her and lived in luxury with her will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rise from her raging fire.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14"And the remnant" - Here is plainly a defect in this sentence, as it stands in the Hebrew text; the subject of the proposition is lost. What is it that shall be like a roe chased? The Septuagint happily supply it, ̔ , שאר shear, the remnant. A MS. here supplies the word יושב yosheb, the inhabitant; which makes a tolerably good sense; but I much prefer the reading of the Septuagint. They shall - turn "They shall look" - That is, the forces of the king of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And it shall be - Babylon shall be. As the chased roe - Once so proud. lofty, arrogant, and self-confident; it shall be as the trembling gazelle, or the timid deer pursued by the hunter, and panting for safety. The word (צבי tsebı̂y ) denotes a deer of the most delicate frame; the species that is most fleet and graceful in its movements; properly the “gazelle” (see Bochart‘s “Hieroz.” i. 3. 25). To hunt the antelope is a favorite amusement in the East…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. 1414. it--Babylon. roe--gazelle; the most timid and easily startled. no man taketh up--sheep defenseless, without a shepherd (Zec 13:7). every man ... to his own people--The "mingled peoples" of foreign lands shall flee out of her (Jr 50:16, 28, 37; 51:9).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Babylon
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• Astronomy
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Gazelle

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