以賽亞書 13:11-12 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 13:12

The price of a man. The aim of the prophet is to show the extent of the disaster which, in the indignation of God ( Isaiah 13:5 ), should overtake the guilty city. One feature of the ruin should be wholesale slaughter ( Isaiah 13:15 ). And the result of this would be a terrible reduction of the male population. Men, usually so prevalent, so "cheap" in Babylon, should become scarce and precious; so precious should they be that it might be said, speaking figuratively, that a man would be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 13:12

The preciousness of man. Matthew Henry gives very clearly the first ideas and associations of the passage. "There shall be so great a slaughter as will produce a scarcity of men. You could not have a man to be employed in any of the affairs of state, not a man to be enlisted in the army, not a man to match a daughter to, for the building up of a family, if you would give any money for one." Such a comparison of man with gold would only be suggested to persons familiar with the sale and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:11

And I will punish the world - By the ‘world’ here is evidently meant the Babylonian empire, in the same way as ‘all the world’ in Luke 2:1, means Judea; and in Acts 11:28, means the Roman empire. Babylonia, or Chaldea, was the most mighty empire then on earth, and might be said to comprehend the whole world.And I will cause the arrogancy - This was the prevailing sin of Babylon, and it was on account of this pride mainly that it was overthrown (see the notes at Isaiah 14:0; notes at Isaiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:12

I will make a man ... - I will so cut off and destroy the men of Babylon, that a single man to defend the city will be more rare and valuable than fine gold. The expression indicates that there would be a great slaughter of the people of Babylon.Than fine gold - Pure, unalloyed gold. The word used here (פז pâz) is often distinguished from common gold Psalms 19:11; Psalms 119:127; Proverbs 8:19.Than the golden wedge of Ophir - The word (כתם kethem) rendered ‘wedge’ means properly “gold;” yellow... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 13:11-16

Isaiah 13:11-16. I will punish the world The Babylonish empire, which is called the world, as the Roman empire afterward was, (Luke 2:1,) because it was extended to a great part of the world, and because it was very populous, and Babylon itself looked more like a world than one city. I will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible Of them who formerly were very terrible for their great power and cruelty. I will make a man more precious, &c. The city and nation shall be so... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 13:1-22

13:1-23:18 MESSAGES FOR VARIOUS NATIONSAll the nations are under the rule of God, who controls their rise to power and their final destruction according to his purposes. This is the truth that the prophet teaches in the collection of prophecies against various nations in Chapters 13 to 23. The first message is for Babylon, which in Isaiah’s day had not yet risen to a position of international power. The fall of Babylon that is pictured in these chapters would not take place for more than one... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13:11

the world = the habitable world. Hebrew tebel. evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44 . wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha . iniquity. Hebrew. avah . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13:12

man. Hebrew. adam . App-14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 13:12

"I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land. Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and everyone that is taken... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 13:9-12

Isaiah 13:9-12. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, &c.— The prophet begins here to describe the calamity itself coming upon the Babylonians, but in figures, according to his manner, grand, and adapted to raise a terrible image of that calamity. We have the proposition in the ninth verse, and the enarration of it in the three following. The proposition contains both a confirmation of the approach of the day of the Lord, and a general idea of its sorrowful attributes. The first is set forth... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 13:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 13:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 13:11-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 13:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 13:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 13:9-12

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