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Text -- Isaiah 13:7 (NET)

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13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: POETRY, HEBREW | Isaiah, The Book of | Isaiah | ISAIAH, 8-9 | ISAIAH, 1-7 | EZEKIEL, 1 | Babylon | ASTRONOMY, II | more
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Wesley: Isa 13:7 - -- To see so impregnable a city as Babylon, so easily and unexpectedly taken.

To see so impregnable a city as Babylon, so easily and unexpectedly taken.

Wesley: Isa 13:7 - -- Heb. faces of flame, inflamed with rage and torment.

Heb. faces of flame, inflamed with rage and torment.

JFB: Isa 13:7 - -- So Jer 50:43; compare Jos 7:5. Babylon was taken by surprise on the night of Belshazzar's impious feast (Dan 5:30). Hence the sudden fainting and melt...

So Jer 50:43; compare Jos 7:5. Babylon was taken by surprise on the night of Belshazzar's impious feast (Dan 5:30). Hence the sudden fainting and melting of hearts.

Calvin: Isa 13:7 - -- 7.Therefore all hands shall be weakened He shows that the power of the Lord to destroy the inhabitants of Babylon will be so great, that they shall h...

7.Therefore all hands shall be weakened He shows that the power of the Lord to destroy the inhabitants of Babylon will be so great, that they shall have no means of withstanding his anger. Though they stood high in wealth and in power, yet their hearts would be so faint, and their hands so weak, that they would have neither disposition nor ability to resist. And thus he indirectly ridicules the cruelty which boiled in the hearts of the Babylonians; for it is in the power of God to soften hearts, and to crush, loosen, or enfeeble hands or arms, so that suddenly all their courage shall fall down, and all their strength shall vanish away. When the heart quakes, what will be the use of fortifications, or armies, or wealth, or bulwarks? What avails a well-stocked workshop without a workman? We see this every day exemplified in those to whom in other respects the Lord had communicated large resources. Hence we see how vain is that confidence which we place in outward resources; for they would be of no use to us, if the Lord should strike our hearts with any alarm.

TSK: Isa 13:7 - -- shall all : Isa 10:3, Isa 10:4, Isa 37:27, Isa 51:20; Jer 50:43; Eze 7:17, Eze 21:7; Nah 1:6 be faint : or, fall down every : Isa 19:1; Exo 15:15; Nah...

shall all : Isa 10:3, Isa 10:4, Isa 37:27, Isa 51:20; Jer 50:43; Eze 7:17, Eze 21:7; Nah 1:6

be faint : or, fall down

every : Isa 19:1; Exo 15:15; Nah 2:10

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Isa 13:7 - -- Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrified and alarm...

Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrified and alarmed that they would have no courage, no hope, and no power to make resistance. They would abandon their plans of defense, and give themselves up to despair (compare Jer 50:43 : ‘ The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble; anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a Women in travail;’ Eze 7:17; Zep 3:16).

And every man’ s heart shall melt - Or, shall faint, so that he shall have no courage or strength (compare Deu 20:8). The fact was, that the destruction of Babylon took place in the night. It came suddenly upon the city, while Belshazzar was at his impious feast; and the alarm was so unexpected and produced such consternation, that no defense was attempted (see Dan 5:30; compare the notes at Isa 45:1).

Gill: Isa 13:7 - -- Therefore shall all hands be faint,.... Or hang down; that is, the hands of all the Babylonians, the city being taken suddenly and at once, so that th...

Therefore shall all hands be faint,.... Or hang down; that is, the hands of all the Babylonians, the city being taken suddenly and at once, so that they should not be able to lift them up to lay hold on a weapon, and defend themselves:

and every man's heart shall melt; like wax before the fire; be dispirited, and lose all their valour and courage, have neither power nor heart to resist their enemies, and attempt to save themselves.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 13:7 Heb “melts” (so NAB).

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Isa 13:1-22 - --1 God musters the armies of his wrath.6 He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes.19 The desolation of Babylon.

MHCC: Isa 13:6-18 - --We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, ...

Matthew Henry: Isa 13:6-18 - -- We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the...

Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 13:6-8 - -- Then all sink into anxious and fearful trembling. "Howl; for the day of Jehovah is near; like a destructive force from the Almighty it comes. There...

Constable: Isa 7:1--39:8 - --III. Israel's crisis of faith chs. 7--39 This long section of the book deals with Israel's major decision in Isa...

Constable: Isa 13:1--35:10 - --B. God's sovereignty over the nations chs. 13-35 This major section of the book emphasizes the folly of ...

Constable: Isa 13:1--23:18 - --1. Divine judgments on the nations chs. 13-23 The recurrence of the Hebrew word massa', translat...

Constable: Isa 13:1--20:6 - --The first series of five oracles chs. 13-20 The first series shows that God has placed I...

Constable: Isa 13:1--14:28 - --The first oracle against Babylon 13:1-14:27 The reader would expect that Isaiah would inveigh against Assyria since it was the most threatening enemy ...

Guzik: Isa 13:1-22 - --Isaiah 13 - The Burden against Babylon Isaiah 13 begins a section ending at Isaiah 23:18 where he prophesies against the nations. It is fitting for ju...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Isaiah (Book Introduction) ISAIAH, son of Amoz (not Amos); contemporary of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, in Israel, but younger than they; and of Micah, in Judah. His call to a higher deg...

JFB: Isaiah (Outline) PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. (Isa. 5:1-30) SIX DISTINCT WOES AGAINST CRIMES. (Isa. 5:8-23) (Lev 25:13; Mic 2:2). The jubilee restoration of posses...

TSK: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the a...

TSK: Isaiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Isa 13:1, God musters the armies of his wrath; Isa 13:6, He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes; Isa 13:19, The desolation of Babyl...

Poole: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts: 1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites. 2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These we...

Poole: Isaiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 13 God’ s armies, Isa 13:1-5 . The destruction of Babylon by the Persians and Medes: their great distress and anguish; and their utter...

MHCC: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He has been well called the evangelical prophet, on account of his numerous and...

MHCC: Isaiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) (Isa 13:1-5) The armies of God's wrath. (Isa 13:6-18) The conquest of Babylon. (Isa 13:19-22) Its final desolation.

Matthew Henry: Isaiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Prophet is a title that sounds very great to those that understand it, t...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) Hitherto the prophecies of this book related only to Judah and Israel, and Jerusalem especially; but now the prophet begins to look abroad, and to ...

Constable: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and writer The title of this book of the Bible, as is true of the o...

Constable: Isaiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction chs. 1-5 A. Israel's condition and God's solution ch. 1 ...

Constable: Isaiah Isaiah Bibliography Alexander, Joseph Addison. Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. 1846, 1847. Revised ed. ...

Haydock: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS. INTRODUCTION. This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, (Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 25.) the great prophet; from t...

Gill: Isaiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH This book is called, in the New Testament, sometimes "the Book of the Words of the Prophet Esaias", Luk 3:4 sometimes only t...

Gill: Isaiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 13 This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, literally understood as a type and exemplar of the destru...

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