Isaiah

Isaiah 13

1God mustereth the armies of his wrath; 6he threateneth to destroy Babylon by the Medes; 19her utter desolation.

1THE ^aburden of Babylon, ^bwhich Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

a ch. 14.4-23,28; 17.1; 21; 43.14; 46.1,2,11; 47. Je. 25.9-38; 27.7; 50; 51. Da. 5. Zec. 12.1. b ch. 1.1.

2^cLift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may ^dgo into the gates of the nobles.

c ch. 18.3. Je. 50.2; 51.25,27. ch. 5.26; 10.32. d ch. 45.1,2. Je. 51.58.

3I ^ehave commanded ^fmy sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

e ch. 10.6; 23.11; 5.27; 45.1-3. Je. 50.9,21; 51.1,2,11,12,27,28. v.4. Joel 3.9,11. Re. 8.5,6; 15.1. f Ps. 50.5.

4^gThe noise of a multitude in the mountains, ¹like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: ^hthe LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

g Je. 50.3,9,14,15,26,29, 41,42; 51.11,27,28. ch. 21.2,9. h v.5,6. Je. 50.9,18,25; 51.1,11,20-25. ch. 45.1,2.

5They come from ⁱa far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

i v.17. Je. 50.3,9,26,41; 51.11,27,28.

6¶^jHowl ye; for the ^kday of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

j Eze. 30.1. Re. 18.10. ch. 14.31. k ch. 2.12; 10.3. Joel 1.15. Ob. 15. Je. 50.31. ch. 63.4. Zep. 1.7,14,15. Job 31.14,23. Ps. 75.7. v.9. Re. 6.17.

7Therefore ^lshall all hands ²be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

l ch. 30.17; 7.2. De. 28.7,25. Eze. 7.17; 21.7. Je. 50.43. ch. 19.1.

8And they ^mshall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; ⁿthey shall be in pain as a woman that ^*travaileth: ^othey shall ³be ^*amazed ⁴one at another; their faces shall be as ⁵flames.

m Ps. 48.6; 60.2,3,10; 76.5,6. 1Sa. 28.21. ch. 26.17; 21.3,4. Je. 50.43; 30.6. 1Th. 5.3. n Ho. 13.13. o Joel 2.6. Na. 2.10. La. 4.8.

9Behold, ^pthe day of the LORD cometh, ^qcruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

p Mal. 4.1. q Je. 50.42. v.15-18. Zep. 1.14-16. Je. 6.23. Na. 1.2-6. ch. 47.10-15.

10For ^rthe stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

r Eze. 32.7,8. Joel 2.10,31; 3.15,16. Am. 8.9,10. Zep. 1.15,16. Mat. 24.29,30. Mar. 13.24. Lu. 21.25. Re. 6.12-14; 8.12. ch. 5.30; 8.22; 24.23; 34.4. Job 18.5.

11And I will ^spunish ^tthe world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and ^uI will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

s ch. 24.21. t Lu. 2.1. ch. 3.11; 21.1-10; 14.4-14; 47. Je. 50; 51. u Pr. 8.13. ch. 2.11,17; 5.15; 10.33. Job 40.11,12. Ps. 119.21. Ex. 18.11. Lu. 14.11.

12I ^vwill make a man more precious than ^wfine gold; even a man ^xthan the golden wedge of Ophir.

v ch. 4.1; 24.6. v.15-18. Ps. 137.9. w Ca. 5.11. Da. 10.5. Je. 10.9. Job 22.24. 1Ki. 10.11. 1Ch. 29.4. x Job 28.16.

13^yTherefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and ^zin the day of his fierce anger.

y ch. 5.25; 24.19,20. Hag. 2.6. He. 12.26,27. Na. 1.5,6. Ps. 18.7; 46.2. 2Pe. 3.10,11. z La. 1.12.

14And ^ait 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.

a Je. 50.16,28; 51.9,50. ch. 47.15. 1Ki. 22.17,35.

15^bEvery one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

b ch. 14.19-22; 47.9,14. Je. 50.26,27,30,35-37; 51.3,56,57. Na. 3.10. Re. 18.4. Ps. 137.8,9.

16^cTheir children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; ^dtheir houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

c Na. 3.10. d Zec. 14.2.

17Behold, I will stir up ^ethe Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

e 2Ki. 17.6. v.3-5. ch. 41.25; 46.11; 21.2. Je. 50.9; 51.11,27,28. Da. 5.28,31.

18Their bows also shall ^fdash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

f ch. 14.21. Am. 1.13. Ps. 137.8,9. Ho. 13.16.

19¶And Babylon, ^gthe glory of kingdoms, the beauty of ^hthe Chaldees' excellency, shall be ⁶as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

g ch. 14.4-6,12-14; 4.2. Je. 51.41. Da. 2.37,38; 7.4; 4.30. h ch. 23.13.

20ⁱIt shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

i ch. 14.4; 21.1. Je. 50.3,13,21,39,45; 51.25,29,42,43,62-64. Re. 18.2.

21^jBut ⁷wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ⁸doleful ^*creatures; and ⁹owls shall dwell there, and ^*satyrs shall dance there.

j ch. 14.23. Je. 50.39. ch. 34.11-15. Zep. 2.14. Re. 18.2.

22And the ¹⁰wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their ¹¹desolate houses, and ^*dragons in their pleasant palaces: and ^kher time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

k ch. 46.13. Hab. 2.3. De. 32.35,36. Mat. 24.29. Je. 51.33.