Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.
Isaiah 14:28In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:
Isaiah 17:1The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it hath been a heap — a ruin.
Isaiah 21:1The burden of the wilderness of the sea. 'Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land.
Isaiah 22:1The burden of the Valley of Vision. What — to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee — to the roofs?
Isaiah 43:14Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: 'For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And caused bars to descend — all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships.
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 →