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 Living Translation (NLT)Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land.

Context of Isaiah 13:14

12I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir. 13Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the Lord of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger. 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. 15Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword. 16Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.

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 nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
• 1 Kings 22:17Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ ”
• Isaiah 47:15Thus shall they be to you With whom you have labored, Your merchants from your youth; They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you.
• Jeremiah 50:16Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him who handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his own people, And everyone shall flee to his own land.
• Jeremiah 51:9We would have healed Babylon, But she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
• Revelation 18:9“The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

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
• Glory
• Haughtiness
• Howl
• 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