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Isaiah 13:14
14Everyone 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.
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 King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Isaiah 13:14
12I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir. 13For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.” 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. 15Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword. 16Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
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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 17:13But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
- 1 Kings 22:17Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘Their master has been killed. Send them home in peace.’”
- Isaiah 47:15And all your friends, those with whom you’ve done business since childhood, will go their own ways, turning a deaf ear to your cries.
- Jeremiah 50:16Take from Babylon all those who plant crops; send all the harvesters away. Because of the sword of the enemy, everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.
- Jeremiah 51:9We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go; abandon her. Return now to your own land. For her punishment reaches to the heavens; it is so great it cannot be measured.
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.
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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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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