Isaiah 23:13

NETBible

Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.

NIV ©

Look at the land of the Babylonians, this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin.

NASB ©

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

NLT ©

Look at the land of Babylonia ––the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild beasts. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it into a heap of rubble.

MSG ©

Look at what happened to Babylon: There's nothing left of it. Assyria turned it into a desert, into a refuge for wild dogs and stray cats. They brought in their big siege engines, tore down the buildings, and left nothing behind but rubble.

BBE ©

NRSV ©

Look at the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people; it was not Assyria. They destined Tyre for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, they tore down her palaces, they made her a ruin.

NKJV ©

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans, This people which was not; Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert. They set up its towers, They raised up its palaces, And brought it to ruin.


KJV
Behold the land
<0776>
of the Chaldeans
<03778>_;
this people
<05971>
was not, [till] the Assyrian
<0804>
founded
<03245> (8804)
it for them that dwell in the wilderness
<06728>_:
they set up
<06965> (8689)
the towers
<0971>
thereof, they raised up
<06209> (8782)
the palaces
<0759>
thereof; [and] he brought
<07760> (8804)
it to ruin
<04654>_.
NASB ©

Behold
<2005>
, the land
<776>
of the Chaldeans
<3778>
--this
<2088>
is the people
<5971>

which
was not; Assyria
<804>
appointed
<3245>
it for desert
<6716>
creatures
<6716>
--they erected
<6965>
their siege
<969>
towers
<969>
, they stripped
<6209>
its palaces
<759>
, they made
<7760>
it a ruin
<4654>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
ghn
<1065> 
N-ASF
caldaiwn
<5466> 
N-GPM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
auth
<3778> 
D-NSF
hrhmwtai
<2049> 
V-RPI-3S
apo
<575> 
PREP
twn
<3588> 
T-GPM
assuriwn {N-GPM} oude
<3761> 
CONJ
ekei
<1563> 
ADV
soi
<4771> 
P-DS
anapausiv
<372> 
N-NSF
estai
<1510> 
V-FMI-3S
oti
<3754> 
CONJ
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
toicov
<5109> 
N-NSM
authv
<846> 
D-GSF
peptwken
<4098> 
V-RAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
Look
<02005>
at the land
<0776>
of the Chaldeans
<03778>
, these
<02088>
people
<05971>
who have lost
<03808>
their identity
<03808>
! The Assyrians
<0804>
have made it a home
<03245>
for wild animals
<06728>
. They erected
<06965>
their siege towers
<0971>
, demolished
<06209>
its fortresses
<0759>
, and turned
<07760>
it into a heap of ruins
<04654>
.
HEBREW
hlpml
<04654>
hmv
<07760>
hytwnmra
<0759>
wrre
<06209>
*wynwxb {wynyxb}
<0971>
wmyqh
<06965>
Myyul
<06728>
hdoy
<03245>
rwsa
<0804>
hyh
<01961>
al
<03808>
Meh
<05971>
hz
<02088>
Mydvk
<03778>
Ura
<0776>
Nh (23:13)
<02005>

NETBible

Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.

NET Notes

tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.