Isaiah 13:2

Lift ye up a nes upon the high mountain, 1 exalt the voice unto them, 1 shake the yad, 1 that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

In Context

1The massa (burden) of Bavel (Babylon), which Yeshayah Ben Amotz did see. 1

3I have commanded My Mekuddash, 1 I have also summoned My Gibbor for Mine anger, 1 even them that rejoice in My highness. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nov this very day; 1 he shall shake his fist against the Har Bat Tziyon, 1 the Givat Yerushalayim. 1

Isaiah 11:15And Hashem shall utterly destroy the leshon Yam Mitzrayim (tongue of the Red Sea); 1 and with His scorchimg Ruach shall He shake His Yad over the Nahar, + 11:15 i.e., Euphrates River 1 and shall break it into seven streams, 1 and make men go over dryshod. 1

Isaiah 45:1Thus saith Hashem to His Moshiach, 1 to Koresh (Cyrus), whose yamin (right hand) I have taken hold of, 1 to subdue Goyim before him; 1 and the loins of melachim I ungird, 1 to open before him the double doors and the she'arim (gates), 1 that they may not continue shut; 1

Jeremiah 50:2Declare ye among the Goyim, and publish, 1 and lift up a nes (banner); 1 publish, and conceal not; 1 say: Bavel is captured, 1 Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; 1 her atzabim (images) are shamed, 1 her gilulim (idols) are dismayed.

Jeremiah 51:27Lift ye up a nes (banner) in ha'aretz, 1 blow the shofar among the Goyim, 1 prepare the Goyim against her, 1 call together against her the mamlechot 1 of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; 1 appoint a commander against her; 1 cause the sus to come up like the swarming locusts. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:2-6

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts… Read the whole commentary →

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