Isaiah 13:19

13:19 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

14:22 “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

21:9 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

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

39:1 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

The Lord Will Do Something New

43:14 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

48:14 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

48:20 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).

[48:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.