Isaiah 13:1
The oracle on Babylon,—of which Isaiah, son of Amoz had vision:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 13:19Thus shall Babylon—The most lovely of kingdoms, The majestic beauty of the Chaldees—Become as in the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 14:28In the year that King Ahaz died, came this oracle:—
Isaiah 17:1The oracle on Damascus,—Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins:
Isaiah 21:1The oracle on the desert of the sea: As storm-winds in the South which with a rush from the desert, do come from a terrible land,
Isaiah 22:1The oracle on the valley of vision,—What aileth thee, then, That thou art wholly gone up to the house-tops?
Isaiah 43:14Thus saith Yahweh, Your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel,—For your sakes, have I sent into Babylon, And will bring down as fugitives, all of them,—Even the Chaldeans, in the ships which cause them loud outcry.
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 →