New English Translation
Isaiah 13:1
1This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:
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 a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz: 2On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes! 3I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.
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מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 13:1
- Isaiah 14:28In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed:
- Isaiah 15:1Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!
- Isaiah 17:1Here is a message about Damascus: “Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!
- Isaiah 19:1Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.
- Isaiah 21:1Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared.
- Isaiah 22:1Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?
- Isaiah 23:1Here is a message about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
- Jeremiah 23:33The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, ‘What burdensome message do you have from the Lord?’ Tell them, ‘You are the burden, and I will cast you away. I, the Lord, affirm it!
- Ezekiel 12:10Say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The prince will raise this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel within it.’
- Nahum 1:1The oracle against Nineveh; the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Habakkuk 1:1The following is the message which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet:
- Zechariah 9:1An oracle of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus: The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord,
- Zechariah 12:1The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord – he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person – says,
- Malachi 1:1What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:
- Isaiah 14:4you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!
- Isaiah 43:14This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.
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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