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Text -- Isaiah 13:1-22 (NET)
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The Lord Will Judge Babylon
13:1 This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz :
13:2 On a bare hill raise a signal flag , shout to them, wave your hand , so they might enter the gates of the princes !
13:3 I have given orders to my chosen soldiers ; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger , my boasting , arrogant ones .
13:4 There is a loud noise on the mountains – it sounds like a large army ! There is great commotion among the kingdoms – nations are being assembled ! The Lord who commands armies is mustering forces for battle .
13:5 They come from a distant land , from the horizon . It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment , coming to destroy the whole earth .
13:6 Wail , for the Lord’s day of judgment is near ; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.
13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp , every human heart loses its courage .
13:8 They panic – cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth . They look at one another in astonishment ; their faces are flushed red .
13:9 Look , the Lord’s day of judgment is coming ; it is a day of cruelty and savage , raging anger , destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners .
13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light ; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises , and the moon does not shine .
13:11 I will punish the world for its evil , and wicked people for their sin . I will put an end to the pride of the insolent , I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants .
13:12 I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold , and people more scarce than gold from Ophir .
13:13 So I will shake the heavens , and the earth will shake loose from its foundation , because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies , in the day he vents his raging anger .
13:14 Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd , each will turn toward home , each will run to his homeland .
13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed ; everyone who is seized will die by the sword .
13:16 Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes ; their houses will be looted and their wives raped .
13:17 Look , I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver , nor are they interested in gold .
13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons ; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring , they will not look with pity on children .
13:19 Babylon , the most admired of kingdoms , the Chaldeans ’ source of honor and pride , will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.
13:20 No one will live there again ; no one will ever reside there again . No bedouin will camp there , no shepherds will rest their flocks there .
13:21 Wild animals will rest there , the ruined houses will be full of hyenas . Ostriches will live there , wild goats will skip among the ruins.
13:22 Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses , jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces . Her time is almost up , her days will not be prolonged .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Babylon |
ASTRONOMY, II |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
Isaiah, The Book of |
Isaiah |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
Cyrus |
SATYR |
War |
Ophir |
Jackal |
Gold |
God |
Burden |
Wicked |
Darkness |
Dragon |
Earthquakes |
Day |
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NET Notes -> Isa 13:1; Isa 13:1; Isa 13:2; Isa 13:3; Isa 13:3; Isa 13:3; Isa 13:4; Isa 13:4; Isa 13:4; Isa 13:5; Isa 13:5; Isa 13:5; Isa 13:6; Isa 13:6; Isa 13:6; Isa 13:7; Isa 13:7; Isa 13:8; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:10; Isa 13:10; Isa 13:11; Isa 13:11; Isa 13:11; Isa 13:12; Isa 13:13; Isa 13:13; Isa 13:13; Isa 13:14; Isa 13:14; Isa 13:15; Isa 13:15; Isa 13:17; Isa 13:17; Isa 13:18; Isa 13:18; Isa 13:18; Isa 13:19; Isa 13:19; Isa 13:19; Isa 13:19; Isa 13:20; Isa 13:20; Isa 13:20; Isa 13:20; Isa 13:21; Isa 13:21; Isa 13:21; Isa 13:22; Isa 13:22; Isa 13:22
NET Notes: Isa 13:1 Heb “The message [traditionally, “burden”] [about] Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz saw.”
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NET Notes: Isa 13:3 Heb “the boasting ones of my pride”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV “my proudly exulting ones.”
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NET Notes: Isa 13:5 Or perhaps, “land” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT). Even though the heading and subsequent context (see v. 17) indicate Babylon’s judgment ...
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NET Notes: Isa 13:6 The divine name used here is שַׁדַּי (shaddai, “Shaddai”). Shaddai (or El Shaddai) is the sovere...
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NET Notes: Isa 13:8 Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.
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NET Notes: Isa 13:12 The verb is supplied in the translation from the first line. The verb in the first line (“I will make scarce”) does double duty in the par...
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NET Notes: Isa 13:14 Heb “his people” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “his nation” (cf. TEV “their own countries”).
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NET Notes: Isa 13:19 Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּ...
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NET Notes: Isa 13:20 The words “their flocks” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text does not supply the object here, but see Jer 3...
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