Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 13:7
7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
Isaiah 13:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
- New International Version (NIV)Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man’s heart will melt,
Context of Isaiah 13:7
5They are coming from a far country— from the end of the heavens— Adonai and the weapons of His wrath, to destroy the whole land. 6Wail, for the day of Adonai is near! it will come as destruction from Shaddai. Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. 8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will take hold of them; they will writhe as a woman in labor; they will look aghast at one another— their faces aflame! 9Behold, the day of Adonai comes, cruel, full of wrath and fierce fury, to make the earth a desolation, and destroy its sinners from it.
Read all of Isaiah 13Isaiah 13:7 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֖ן כָּל־יָדַ֣יִם תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה וְכָל־לְבַ֥ב אֱנ֖וֹשׁ יִמָּס׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 13:7
- Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, when desolation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Isaiah 37:27Their inhabitants are weak handed, shattered and ashamed. They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up.
- Isaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted. They lie at every street corner, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Adonai’s fury, the rebuke of your God.
- Jeremiah 50:43Babylon’s king heard news of them. His hands droop; anguish grabs him, agony like a woman in labor.
- Ezekiel 7:17All hands will be feeble. All knees will turn to water.
- Ezekiel 21:7“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and proclaim to the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel.
- Nahum 1:6Before His indignation who can stand? Who can withstand His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and cliffs break down before Him.
- Isaiah 19:1The burden of Egypt: Behold, Adonai rides upon a swift cloud and comes to Egypt. Egypt’s idols tremble before Him and Egypt’s heart melts within them.
- Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom are terrified. Trembling grips Moab’s mighty men. All of Canaan’s inhabitants will melt away.
- Nahum 2:10Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end of treasure— glory from everything precious.
Commentaries on Isaiah 13:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrified and alarmed that they would have no courage, no hope, and no power to make resistance. They would abandon their plans of defense, and give themselves up to despair (compare Jeremiah 50:43: The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble; anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a Women in…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. 77. faint ... melt--So Jr 50:43; compare Jos 7:5. Babylon was taken by surprise on the night of Belshazzar's impious feast (Da 5:30). Hence the sudden fainting and melting of hearts.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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