Isaiah 13:19
Context13:19 Babylon, the most admired 1 of kingdoms,
the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, 2
will be destroyed by God
just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. 3
Isaiah 14:22
Context14:22 “I will rise up against them,”
says the Lord who commands armies.
“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, 4
including the offspring she produces,” 5
says the Lord.
Isaiah 21:9
Context21:9 Look what’s coming!
A charioteer,
a team of horses.” 6
When questioned, he replies, 7
“Babylon has fallen, fallen!
All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
Isaiah 39:1
Context39:1 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.
Isaiah 43:14
Context43:14 This is what the Lord says,
your protector, 8 the Holy One of Israel: 9
“For your sake I send to Babylon
and make them all fugitives, 10
turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 11
Isaiah 48:14
Context48:14 All of you, gather together and listen!
Who among them 12 announced these things?
The Lord’s ally 13 will carry out his desire against Babylon;
he will exert his power against the Babylonians. 14
Isaiah 48:20
Context48:20 Leave Babylon!
Flee from the Babylonians!
Announce it with a shout of joy!
Make this known!
Proclaim it throughout the earth! 15
Say, ‘The Lord protects 16 his servant Jacob.


[13:19] 1 tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).
[13:19] 2 tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”
[13:19] 3 tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.
[14:22] 4 tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).
[14:22] 5 tn Heb “descendant and child.”
[21:9] 7 tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”
[21:9] 8 tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).
[43:14] 10 tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
[43:14] 11 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[43:14] 12 tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”
[43:14] 13 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.
[48:14] 13 sn This probably refers to the idol gods (see v. 5).
[48:14] 14 tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”
[48:14] 15 tn Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”
[48:20] 16 tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).