Isaiah 13:5
They are coming in From a land far away. From the utmost bound of the heavens,—Yahweh—with his weapons of indignation, To destroy the land.
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Isaiah 5:26Therefore will he lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, And signal for him from the end of the earth,—And lo! with hot haste, will he come:
Isaiah 24:1Lo! Yahweh emptying the earth and laying it waste,—And he will overturn the face thereof, And scatter them who dwell therein.
Jeremiah 50:9For lo! I am rousing and bringing up against Babylon a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured,—His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return empty.
Jeremiah 51:11Polish the arrows, Lay hold of the shields,—Yahweh hath roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, For against Babylon, his purpose is, to destroy her,—For it is, The avenging of Yahweh, The avenging of his temple.
Matthew 24:31And he will send forth his messengers, with a great trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen—Out of the four winds, from heavens’ bounds, unto their bounds.
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 →