Isaiah 13:19 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 13:19

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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ASV

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

KJV

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 18, 19.) All the kings of the nations slept in glory, each one in his own house. But you have been cast out of your tomb like a fetid liquid: defiled, wrapped up with the slain and those pierced by the sword, who descend to the depths of the pit. LXX: All the kings of the nations slept in honor, each one in his own house. But you will be cast down on the mountains like an untimely birth, abominable and wrapped up with the slain who descend to the foundations of the earth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,.... The first and most ancient kingdom, Gen 10:10 and now, at the time of its fall, the largest and most extensive; wherefore of the image Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream, which was a representation of several kingdoms, this was the head, the head of gold, Dan 2:31 so Babylon is called the "lady of kingdoms", Isa 47:5 the word here used for "glory" is the same with that which is rendered a "roe", Isa 13:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Dan 4:30, it is called ‘great Babylon;’ in Isa 14:4, it is called ‘the golden city;’ in Isa 47:5, ‘the lady of kingdoms;’ in Jer 51:13, it is, spoken of as ‘abundant in treasures;’ and, in Jer 51:41, as ‘the praise of the whole earth.’ All these expressions are designed to indicate its immense wealth and magnificence.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיְתָ֤ה	ve.ha.ye.Tah	and it will be	H1961 →
בָבֶל֙	va.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
צְבִ֣י	tze.Vi	[the] beauty of	H6643 →
מַמְלָכ֔וֹת	mam.la.Khot	kingdoms	H4467 →
תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת	tif.'E.ret	[the] splendor of	H8597 →
גְּא֣וֹן	ge.'on	[the] pride of	H1347 →
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים	kas.Dim	[the] Chaldeans	H3778 →
כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת	ke.mah.pe.Khat	like [the] overthrow of	H4114 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
סְדֹ֖ם	se.Dom	Sodom	H5467 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֲמֹרָֽה׃	'a.mo.Rah	Gomorrah	H6017 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Genesis 19:24–25
  Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Jude 1:7
  In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Zechariah 3:2
  And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
- Jeremiah 23:14
  And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
Through
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
leads to
- Proverbs 16:18
  Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Through
Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:6
  He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
- Zephaniah 2:9
  Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual…
Through
Jeremiah 51:41
How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:26
  all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

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