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Isaiah 13:1
1A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
Isaiah 13:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
Context of Isaiah 13:1
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: 2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles. 3I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.
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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 14:28This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
- Isaiah 15:1A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
- Isaiah 17:1A prophecy against Damascus: “See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.
- Isaiah 19:1A prophecy against Egypt: See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
- Isaiah 21:1A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- Isaiah 22:1A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs,
- Isaiah 23:1A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
- Jeremiah 23:33“When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake you, declares the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 12:10“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This prophecy concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the Israelites who are there.’
- Nahum 1:1A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
- Habakkuk 1:1The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.
- Zechariah 9:1A prophecy: The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak and will come to rest on Damascus— for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord—
- Zechariah 12:1A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares:
- Malachi 1:1A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
- Isaiah 14:4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
- Isaiah 43:14This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.
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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