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Isaiah 13:15
15Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.
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
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.” 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. Anyone 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. 17“Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.
Read all of Isaiah 13Isaiah 13:15 word by word
כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֖א יִדָּקֵ֑ר וְכָל־הַנִּסְפֶּ֖ה יִפּ֥וֹל בֶּחָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 13:15
- Isaiah 14:19but you will be thrown out of your grave like a worthless branch. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will be dumped into a mass grave with those killed in battle. You will descend to the pit.
- Isaiah 47:9Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic.
- Jeremiah 50:27Destroy even her young bulls— it will be terrible for them, too! Slaughter them all! For Babylon’s day of reckoning has come.
- Jeremiah 51:3Don’t let the archers put on their armor or draw their bows. Don’t spare even her best soldiers! Let her army be completely destroyed.
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
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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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