Isaiah 13:1

burden = a prophetic oracle or warning. This begins the fourth great division of the book. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:3 ), App-92 .

Babylon. This takes precedence, and stands for Chaldsea generally. It reached its height about 100 years later, under Nahopolassar and his son Nebuchadnezzar. A generation later it was captured by Cyrus and Darius the Mede (see App-57 ). Babylon was of little importance at this time.

Isaiah. His name given in Isaiah 1:1 ; Isaiah 2:1 ; Isaiah 7:3 ; Isaiah 13:1 ; Isaiah 20:2 , Isaiah 20:3 ; Isaiah 37:2 , Isaiah 37:5 , Isaiah 37:6 , Isaiah 37:21 ; Isaiah 39:3 , Isaiah 39:5 , Isaiah 39:8 .