New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 13:1
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
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. 2Lift up a standard on the bare hill, Raise your voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles. 3I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger.
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מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 13:1
- Isaiah 14:28In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came:
- Isaiah 15:1The oracle concerning Moab. Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
- Isaiah 17:1The oracle concerning Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin.
- Isaiah 19:1The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
- Isaiah 21:1The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
- Isaiah 22:1The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
- Isaiah 23:1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.
- Jeremiah 23:33“Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, ‘What is the oracle of the Lord?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What oracle?’ The Lord declares, ‘I will abandon you.’
- Ezekiel 12:10Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are in it.”’
- Nahum 1:1The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
- Habakkuk 1:1The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
- Zechariah 9:1The burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),
- Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the Lord concerning Israel. Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,
- Malachi 1:1The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
- Isaiah 14:4that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!
- Isaiah 43:14Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.
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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