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Isaiah 13:20

It 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.

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation - literally fulfilled.

Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there - not only shall it not be a permanent residence, but not even a temporary resting-place. The Arabs, through dread of evil spirits, and believing the ghost of Nimrod to haunt it, will not pass the night there (cf. ). Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. The region was once most fertile; but owing to the Euphrates being now no longer kept within its former channels, it has become a stagnant marsh, unfit for flocks; and on the wastes of its ruins, bricks and cement, no grass grows.

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See also Isaiah 13:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IT SHALL NEVER BE INHABITED - This has been completely fulfilled. It is now, and has been for centuries, a scene of wide desolation, and is a heap of ruins, and there is every indication that it will...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS AND THE FUTURE DAY OF JEHOVAH (13-27) CHAPTER 13 The Burden of Babylon 1. _Jehovah's call to the judgment of Babylon (Isaiah 13:1)_ 2. _The day of Jehovah: When Babylo...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 13:1 TO ISAIAH 14:23. THE UTTER RUIN OF BABYLON AND TRIUMPHAL ODE OVER HER MONARCH'S DEATH. Historical conditions are here presupposed entirely different from those of Isaiah's time. The subjec...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NEVER. See note on Isaiah 25:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Babylon, after its overthrow, shall be a perpetual desolation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the Arabian_ Cf. Jeremiah 3:2. The word seems originally to mean "dweller in the desert," but ultimately acquired the force of a proper name (see Jeremiah 25:24; 2 Chronicles 9:14, &c.). The site of...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND BABYLON, THE GLORY— The prophet in this eloquent passage describes to us the consequence of the fury of the enemy raised up by God against Babylon; namely, the devastation and desolation of Babylo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. PROLONGATION OF JUDGMENT TEXT: Isaiah 13:17-22 17 Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it, 18 And their bows sh...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. BURDEN] The corresponding verb means 'to lift up' (_a_) a load, (_b_) the voice (cp. Isaiah 3:7; Isaiah 42:2; Isaiah 42:11), used of Balaam lifting up his voice in oracular utterance ...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MAKE THEIR FOLD] RV 'make their flocks to lie down.' A more terrible desolation awaits Babylon than that which had been foretold for Judah (Isaiah 7:21; Isaiah 7:25)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 13 The next major division of the Book of Isaiah is Chapter s 13 to...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Today what remains of Babylon’s beautiful buildings and impressive avenues lies underneath many feet of sand. WOE ~ a very sad cry because there is much pain to come. LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. I...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NEITHER SHALL THE ARABIAN PITCH TENT THERE... — The word “Arabian” is used in its widest extent, as including all the nomadic tribes of the Bedouin type east and north of Palestine as far as Babylon ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹֽא ־תֵשֵׁ֣ב לָ נֶ֔צַח וְ לֹ֥א תִשְׁכֹּ֖ן

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - we...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now commence the second circle of the first division of our book, in which are contained Isaiah's prophecies concerning the nations and the world. The first describes the doom of Babylon. Whereas t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the (o) Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. (o) Who use...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Tents. To dwell, (Calmet) or to traffic. (Theodoret) --- Another city was built, but not so large, nor in the same place. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I pray the Reader to read this prophecy very attentively, and mark well the awful destruction threatened. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a day; and Babylon in a night. In the same moment when Be...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._It shall never be inhabited any more. _By the verb תשב, (_thesheb_,) _shall sit_, he means continuance; as if he had said, “There is no hope of restoring Babylon.” All these forms of expression ha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. With chapter 12 one division of the whole book closes. That which commences with chapter 13 continues to the end of chapter 27, which describes th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IT SHALL NEVER BE INHABITED,.... As it has not been since its utter destruction. Pausanias p, who lived in the times of Adrian, says, Babylon, the greatest city that ever the sun saw, that then there...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    It 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. Ver. 20. _Neith...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Isa. 13:20-22. "It shall never be inhabited. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures, and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance ther...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _It shall never be inhabited_ After the destruction threatened shall be fully effected. This was not done immediately upon the taking of the city by Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Persian, his nephew;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabians, the Bedouin nomads, PITCH TENT THERE; NEITHER SHALL THE SHEPHERDS MAKE THEIR FOLD T...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST BABYLON IN PARTICULAR...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-22 Babylon was a noble city; yet it should be wholly destroyed. None shall dwell there. It shall be a haunt for wild beasts. All this is fulfilled. The fate of this proud city is a proof of the tr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IT SHALL NEVER BE INHABITED, after the destruction threatened shall be fully accomplished. NEITHER SHALL THE ARABIAN, who dwelt in tents, and wandered from place, where they could find pasture; but sh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 13:20 never H5331 inhabited H3427 (H8799) settled H7931 (H8799) generation H1755 generation H1755 Arabian H6163

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A VIVID PICTURE OF BABYLON'S FUTURE AND ITS END (ISAIAH 13:17). Having depicted the destruction of Babylon in apocalyptic terms Isaiah brings it down to earth. He partly does it in terms of the Medes....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy concerning last days, when punishment will be visited upon the nations, and Israel shall pass through the Great Tribulation. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Men have their da...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    In the thirteen Chapter s which follow, the prophet, like a watchman, raises his voice, and denounces woes against all the surrounding nations, and finally against his own country. Isaiah 13:1. _The b...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Babylon. .. shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah_ THE RE-ENTRIES OF NATURE All this we may say is historical and local. On the other hand, all this is moral and suggestive. This proces...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:20 IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED. This eerie scene contrasts with the magnificence of v. Isaiah 13:19 and the messianic paradise of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE BURDEN OF BABYLON. The series of prophecies which commences with this chapter and continues to the close of Isaiah 23:1; is connected together by the word _massa_, burden. It has been a...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we move into chapter 13 and he speaks of the burden of Babylon which Isaiah saw, you remember that we mentioned when we started the prophecy of Isaiah that in many of the prophecies, there was...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 51:25; Isaiah 51:29; Isaiah 51:43; Isaiah 51:62

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Inhabited — After the destruction threatened shall be fully accomplished. Arabian — Who dwelt in tents, and wandered from place to place, where they could find pasture....

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