Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babel, which Isaiah the sonne of Amoz did see.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 13:19And Babel the glorie of kingdomes, the beautie and pride of the Chaldeans, shall be as the destruction of God in Sodom and Gomorah.
Isaiah 14:28In the yeere that King Ahaz died, was this burden.
Isaiah 17:1The burden of Damascus. Beholde, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, for it shall be a ruinous heape.
Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert Sea. As the whirlewindes in the South vse to passe from the wildernesse, so shall it come from the horrible land.
Isaiah 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee nowe that thou art wholy gone vp vnto the house toppes?
Isaiah 43:14Thus sayeth the Lord your redeemer, the holy one of Israel, For your sake I haue sent to Babel, and brought it downe: they are all fugitiues, and the Chaldeans crie in the shippes.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:1
Hitherto the prophecies of this book related only to Judah and Israel, and Jerusalem especially; but now the prophet begins to look abroad, and to read the doom of divers of the neighbouring states and kingdoms: for he that is King of saints is also King of nations, and rules in the affairs of the children of men as well as in those of his own children. But the nations to whom these prophecies do relate were all such as the people of God were in some way or other conversant and concerned with, such as had been… Read the whole commentary →