Isaiah 13:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 13:5

They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.

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ASV

They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

KJV

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They--namely, "Jehovah," and the armies which are "the weapons of His indignation." far country--Media and Persia, stretching to the far north and east. end of heaven--the far east (Ps 19:6). destroy--rather, "to seize" [HORSLEY].

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בָּאִ֛ים	ba.'Im	[they are] coming	H935 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from a land of	H776 →
מֶרְחָ֖ק	mer.Chak	distance	H4801 →
מִקְצֵ֣ה	mik.Tzeh	from [the] end of	H7097 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וּכְלֵ֣י	u.khe.Lei	and [the] weapons of	H3627 →
זַעְמ֔וֹ	za'.Mo	indignation his	H2195 →
לְחַבֵּ֖ל	le.cha.Bel	to destroy	H2254 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →

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Through
Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
leads to
- Isaiah 11:12
  He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- Mark 13:27
  And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Isaiah 27:13
  And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on…
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
  in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
Through
Isaiah 5:26
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
leads to
- Zechariah 10:8
  I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
  The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Isaiah 7:18
  On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

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