Isaiah 13:19

And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, 1 the tiferet ga'on Kasdim, 1 shall be as when Elohim overthrew 1 S'dom and Amora (Gomorrah). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

In Context

18Their keshatot (bows) also shall tear ne'arim (young men) to pieces; 1 and they shall have no rachamim on the pri beten (fruit of the womb); 1 their eyes shall not pity banim. 1

20Lo lanetzach (not ever) shall it be inhabited, 1 neither shall it be dwelt in ad dor vador; 1 neither shall the Arab pitch ohel there; 1 neither shall the ro'im rest their flock there. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:23Even Kol HaGoyim shall say, Why hath Hashem done thus unto this land? What meaneth the heat of this af hagadol (great anger)?

Isaiah 14:12How art thou fallen from Shomayim, 1 O Heilel Ben Shachar (Bright One of the Dawn, Day Star, Lucifer)! 1 How art thou cast down to the earth, 1 thou, which hast laid low the Goyim! 1

Jeremiah 50:40As Elohim overthrew Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah) and the neighboring towns thereof, saith Hashem; so shall no ish abide there, neither shall any ben adam dwell therein. 1

Daniel 2:37Thou, O king, art a king of kings; for the G-d of Shomayim hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

Amos 4:11I have overthrown some of you, 1 as Elohim overthrew Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah), 1 and ye were like a firebrand snatched from the burning; 1 yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith Hashem. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:7-19

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy… Read the whole commentary →

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