Chapter 13:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
Isaiah 13
Concise Complete
The armies of God's wrath. (1-5) The conquest of
Babylon. (6-18) Its final desolation. (19-22)
Verses 1-5 The
threatenings of God's word press heavily upon the wicked, and are a sore burden,
too heavy for them to bear. The persons brought together to lay Babylon waste,
are called God's sanctified or appointed ones; designed for this service, and
made able to do it. They are called God's mighty ones, because they had their
might from God, and were now to use it for him. They come from afar. God can
make those a scourge and ruin to his enemies, who are farthest off, and
therefore least dreaded.
Verses 6-18 We
have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those
who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite
dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All
comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the
sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to
describe the convulsions of governments. God will visit them for their iniquity,
particularly the sin of pride, which brings men low. There shall be a general
scene of horror. Those who join themselves to Babylon, must expect to share her
plagues,
revelation
18:4. All that men have, they would give for their lives, but no man's
riches shall be the ransom of his life. Pause here and wonder that men should be
thus cruel and inhuman, and see how corrupt the nature of man is become. And
that little infants thus suffer, which shows that there is an original guilt, by
which life is forfeited as soon as it is begun. The day of the Lord will,
indeed, be terrible with wrath and fierce anger, far beyond all here stated. Nor
will there be any place for the sinner to flee to, or attempt an escape. But few
act as though they believed these things.
Verses 19-22
Babylon was a noble city; yet it should be wholly destroyed. None shall dwell
there. It shall be a haunt for wild beasts. All this is fulfilled. The fate of
this proud city is a proof of the truth of the Bible, and an emblem of the
approaching ruin of the New Testament Babylon; a warning to sinners to flee from
the wrath to come, and it encourages believers to expect victory over every
enemy of their souls, and of the church of God. The whole world changes and is
liable to decay. Wherefore let us give diligence to obtain a kingdom which
cannot be moved; and in this hope let us hold fast that grace whereby we may
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Chapter 13:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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