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Isaiah 13:1-22

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 day now, and many think to carry the day, but God's day is coming, and His day of reckoning will be cruel with wrath and fierce anger.

Key Word: Day of the Lord (Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:9) (fierce anger, Isaiah 13:13).

Strong Verses: Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 13:11.

Striking Facts: The chapter looks forward to the apocalyptic judgments. (Rev. 6 to 13) Babylon has never yet been destroyed in the way here foretold, and many believe Babylon will in the last day be rebuilt, and the everlasting destruction here predicted will then fall upon it.

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See also Isaiah 13:1-22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן...

  • 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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The burden of Babylon, the sentence of judgment revealed by special inspiration of the Lord, WHICH ISAIAH, THE SON OF AMOZ, DID SEE:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHECIES OF WRATH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 13:1 burden H4853 Babylon H894 Isaiah H3470 son H1121 Amoz H531 saw H2372 (H8804) burden -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    Daniel 5:28-6; Ezekiel 12:10; Habakkuk 1:1; Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 14:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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....

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