Isaiah 13:15

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is 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.

Context of Isaiah 13:15

13So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger. 14Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland. Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword. 16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped. 17Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

Isaiah 13:15 word by word

כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֖א יִדָּקֵ֑ר וְכָל־הַנִּסְפֶּ֖ה יִפּ֥וֹל בֶּחָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Every one that is foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• shall be thrust throughדָּקַרdâqar · to pierceH1856
• and every one that is joinedסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
• shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:15

• Isaiah 14:19But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.
• Isaiah 47:9Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.
• Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished.”
• Jeremiah 51:3Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole 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

Topics related to Isaiah 13:15

• War

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Glory
• Haughtiness
• Howl
• Astronomy
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

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