以赛亚书 13:19-20 CUNPSS

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms - That is, the capital or chief ornament of many nations. Appellations of this kind, applied to Babylon, abound in the Scriptures. In Daniel 4:30, it is called ‘great Babylon;’ in Isaiah 14:4, it is called ‘the golden city;’ in Isaiah 47:5, ‘the lady of kingdoms;’ in Jeremiah 51:13, it is, spoken of as ‘abundant in treasures;’ and, in Jeremiah 51:41, as ‘the praise of the whole earth.’ All these expressions are designed to indicate its immense wealth and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:20

It shall never be inhabited - This has been completely fulfilled. It is now, and has been for centuries, a scene of wide desolation, and is a heap of ruins, and there is every indication that it will continue so to be. From Rauwolff’s testimony it appears, that in the sixteenth century ‘there was not a house to be seen;’ and now the ‘eye wanders over a barren desert, in which the ruins are nearly the only indication that it had ever been inhabited. It is impossible to behold this scene and not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 13:19

Isaiah 13:19. Babylon, the glory of kingdoms Which once was the most noble and excellent of all the kingdoms then in being, and was more glorious than the succeeding empire, and therefore is represented by the head of gold, Daniel 2:37. The beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency The famous and beautiful seat of the Chaldean monarchy; shall be as when God overthrew Sodom, &c. Shall be totally and irrecoverably destroyed, as is more fully expressed in the following verses. Babylon,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 13:20

Isaiah 13:20. It shall never be inhabited After the destruction threatened shall be fully effected. This was not done immediately upon the taking of the city by Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Persian, his nephew; but was fulfilled by degrees, as is recorded by historians, and as appears at this day. It will be satisfactory to the reader to note some of the steps by which this prophecy was accomplished. “Cyrus took the city by diverting the waters of the Euphrates, which ran through the midst... 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 13:19

as when God, &c. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Isaiah 1:9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13:20

never. See note on Isaiah 25:8 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 13:20

"It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 13:19-22

Isaiah 13:19-22. And Babylon, the glory— The prophet in this eloquent passage describes to us the consequence of the fury of the enemy raised up by God against Babylon; namely, the devastation and desolation of Babylon; and that extreme and everlasting; so as to exclude all hope of the restoration of this once magnificent city to its former state. The prophet heightens the desolation of Babylon by the consideration of its former great and flourishing state; Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 13:19

19. glory of kingdoms— (Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 47:5; Jeremiah 51:41). beauty of . . . excellency—Hebrew, "the glory of the pride" of the Chaldees; it was their glory and boast. as . . . Gomorrah—as utterly (Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Amos 4:11). Taken by Cyrus, by clearing out the canal made for emptying the superfluous waters of the Euphrates, and directing the river into this new channel, so that he was able to enter the city by the old bed in the night. read more