Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Isaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the (e) weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
(e) The army of the Medes and the Persians against Babylon.
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the (e) weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
(e) The army of the Medes and the Persians against Babylon.
Verse Isaiah 13:5. _THEY COME FROM A FAR COUNTRY_] The word מארץ _meerets_ is wanting in _one_ MS. and in the _Syriac_: "They come from afar." _FROM THE END OF HEAVEN_] _Kimchi_ says, _Media_, "the e...
THEY COME - That is, ‘Yahweh and the weapons of his indignation’ - the collected armies come. The prophet sees these assembled armies with Yahweh, as their leader, at their head. FROM A FAR COUNTRY -...
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...
THE END OF HEAVEN: i.e. from afar. THE WHOLE LAND. all the land [of Chaldaea]....
The host is now seen in motion, advancing under the guidance of Jehovah to its appointed goal. _the whole land_ Rather, THE WHOLE EARTH. The judgment is directed against the Babylonian Empire, which...
THE NOISE OF A MULTITUDE, &C.— The prophet here relates three things, the sudden effects of the divine command; _first,_ the collection and congregation which God had destined to execute his judgments...
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...
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. THEY COME - namely, 'Yahweh,' and the armies which are "the weap...
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 ...
This is another example of God’s control over foreign nations, on behalf of his people. These nations will be his agents, who carry out his judgement....
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...
THEY COME FROM A FAR COUNTRY... — The same phrase is used of Cyrus in Isaiah 46:11, and in Isaiah 39:3 of Babylon itself in relation to Jerusalem. The “end of heaven” represents the thoughts of Isaiah...
בָּאִ֛ים מֵ אֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָ֖ק מִ קְצֵ֣ה הַ
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...
_Heaven. Where it seems to touch the horizon. Thus the countries beyond the Euphrates are often designated._...
In the figurative language of prophecy, the Lord describes the destruction of Babylon. The army that shall come against Babylon, the Lord calls his sanctified ones, and his mighty ones. By sanctified,...
5._Coming from a distant country. _He repeats and confirms more fully what I stated a little before, that the operations of war do not spring up at random from the earth; for though everything disorde...
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...
THEY COME FROM A FAR COUNTRY, FROM THE END OF HEAVEN,.... The east, as Kimchi observes; the Targum is, from the ends of the earth; the furthermost parts of it, as Persia and Media were: the former is...
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Ver. 5. _They come from a far country._] Heb., From a land of lon...
_The noise of a multitude in the mountains_ No sooner had the Almighty given the command, than the multitude assembles to his banners; _like as a great people_ Not rude and barbarous; but well- discip...
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, from beyond the horizon, where the earth appears to be hounded by the sky, EVEN THE LORD, AND THE WEAPONS OF HIS INDIGNATION, TO DESTROY THE WHOLE...
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...
FROM THE END OF HEAVEN; from the ends of the earth under heaven, as MATTHEW 24:30; which is not to be understood strictly and properly, but popularly and hyperbolically, as such expressions are common...
Isaiah 13:5 come H935 (H8802) far H4801 country H776 end H7097 LORD H3068 weapons H3627 indignation H2195 destroy...
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...
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....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:5 As the esv footnote explains, THE WHOLE LAND can also be translated “the whole earth” (likewise v. Isaiah 13:9
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...
Isaiah 13:17; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 51:11;...
Thy come — From the ends of the earth under heaven, which is not to be understood strictly. The weapons — The Medes and Persians, who were but a rod in God's hand, and the instruments of his anger. La...