Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 13:1
The burden — This title is commonly given to sad prophecies, which indeed are grievous burdens to them on whom they are laid. Babylon — Of the city and empire of Babylon by Cyrus.
The burden — This title is commonly given to sad prophecies, which indeed are grievous burdens to them on whom they are laid. Babylon — Of the city and empire of Babylon by Cyrus.
CHAPTER XIII _God mustereth the armies of his wrath against the inhabitants_ _of Babylon_, 1-6. _The dreadful consequences of this visitation, and the terror_ _and dismay of those who are the obje...
THE BURDEN OF BABYLON - Or, the burden “respecting,” or “concerning” Babylon. This prophecy is introduced in a different manner from those which have preceded. The terms which Isaiah employed in the c...
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...
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...
BURDEN. a prophetic oracle or warning. This begins the _fourth_ great division of the book. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:3), App-92. BABYLON. This takes precedence, and stands for Chaldsea gene...
The superscription, prefixed by an editor who attributed the prophecy to Isaiah. _The burden_ Rather, THE UTTERANCE, or "oracle." The word occurs ten times in the headings of this section of the book...
_ISAIAH 13:1_.— This prophesy respecting Babylon may be divided into two parts; the former part contained in the present chapter: wherein we have, _first,_ the title, Isaiah 13:1.; _secondly,_ the mat...
III. PEOPLE AND PAGANS - Chapter S 13 - 23 A. IMPLACABLE EMPIRE CH. 13-14 CHAPTER THIRTEEN 1. BABYLON a. PREDICTION OF JUDGMENT TEXT: Isaiah 13:1-8 1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son...
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. The predictions as to foreign nations are for the sake of the covenant people, to preserve them from despair, or reliance on human confe...
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 ...
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...
The ancient city of Babylon (see Genesis 10:10) was on the river called Euphrates (in modern Iraq). From the beginning the rulers of Babylon had proud ambitions that led to very serious results for ma...
XIII. (1) THE BURDEN OF BABYLON... — The title “burden,” which is repeated in Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 21:1;...
מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן...
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...
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...
The (a) burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. (a) That is, the great calamity which was prophesied to come on Babel, a grievous burden which they were not able to bear. In these twelve...
_Burden. That is, a prophecy against Babylon. (Challoner) --- Nimrod began the kingdom, Genesis x. Belus and Ninus brought it to great eminence. But after 1240 years, Babylon was taken by Cyrus. (Wort...
CONTENTS W e have a prophecy concerning the destruction of Babylon; and the Lord, for the comfort of the Church, causeth his servant to make it known, and the powers by whom he would accomplish it, e...
1. The burden of Babylon From this chapter down to the twenty-fourth, the Prophet foretells what dreadful and shocking calamities awaited the Gentiles and those countries which were best known to the...
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...
THE BURDEN OF BABYLON,.... That is, a prophecy concerning Babylon, as the word is rendered, Proverbs 31:1. The Septuagint and Arabic versions translate it "the vision"; it signifies a taking up w a sp...
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Ver. 1. _The burden._] That is, the burdenous prophecy. It should not have seemed a burden, Jer 23:36 but it is a grievous burden to grace...
_The burden of Babylon_ Of the city and empire of Babylon. The original word, משׂא, here rendered _burden_, is, by Dr. Waterland, after Vitringa, translated, _The sentence upon_, or, _delivered concer...
The burden of Babylon, the sentence of judgment revealed by special inspiration of the Lord, WHICH ISAIAH, THE SON OF AMOZ, DID SEE:...
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHECIES OF WRATH...
1-5 The threatenings of God's word press heavily upon the wicked, and are a sore burden, too heavy for them to bear. The persons brought together to lay Babylon waste, are called God's sanctified or...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 13 God's armies, ISAIAH 13:1. The destruction of Babylon by the Persians and Medes: their great distress and anguish; and their utter desolation, ISAIAH 13:6. THE BURDEN: this title is...
Isaiah 13:1 burden H4853 Babylon H894 Isaiah H3470 son H1121 Amoz H531 saw H2372 (H8804) burden -...
ORACLE AGAINST BABYLON Yahweh Raises His Forces For The Destruction of Babylon The first burden borne by Isaiah was the burden of Babylon, a heavy burden indeed. And it begins with the calling togeth...
BURDEN A "burden," Hebrew, "massa", means "a heavy, weighty thing" is a message, or oracle concerning Babylon, Assyria, Jerusalem, etc. It is "heavy" because the wrath of God is in it, and grievous f...
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...
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 burden of Babylon_ THE PROPHET’S BURDEN Whenever we find the word “burden” in this association it means oracle, a speech of doom; it is never connected with blessing, hope, enlarged opportunity...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:1 God’s Judgment and Grace for the World: “We Have a Strong City.” Isaiah stresses God’s complete power over all the nations. God rules history to achieve his goals....
THE PROUD CITY DOOMED Isaiah 13:1. _The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see_. In 2 Kings 17 we find an account of the invasion of Israel by the Assyrians (2 Kings 17:1). Then foll...
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...
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...
Daniel 5:28-6; Ezekiel 12:10; Habakkuk 1:1; Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 14:28;...