Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Isaiah 23:13

Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.

KJV

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֵ֣ן׀henthere!H2005 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776 →
כַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.Dim[the] ChaldeansH3778 →
זֶ֤הzehthisH2088 →
הָעָם֙ha.'Am[is] the peopleH5971 →
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808 →
הָיָ֔הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
אַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
יְסָדָ֣הּye.sa.Dahit allocated itH3245 →
לְצִיִּ֑יםle.tzi.Yimto desert-dwellersH6728 →
הֵקִ֣ימוּhe.Ki.muthey raised upH6965 →
בַחוּנָ֗יוve.chi.navsiege-towers itsH971 →
עֹרְרוּ֙'o.re.Ruthey stripped bareH6209 →
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ'ar.me.no.Tei.hapalaces itsH759 →
שָׂמָ֖הּsa.Mahit made itH7760 →
לְמַפֵּלָֽה׃le.ma.pe.Lah<into> a ruinH4654 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 43:14Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.Habakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Ezekiel 23:23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.Ezekiel 26:7–21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.Daniel 4:30the 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?”Job 1:17While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Ezekiel 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.Acts 7:4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.Psalms 72:9May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.Genesis 10:10–11His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.2 Kings 17:24Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.Ezra 4:9–10From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,Genesis 2:14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

Featured studies on this passage

Gustave Dore, Babylon Fallen (Revelation 18) — the city left in ruins

Walks through Isaiah 23

The Harlot

Open the study →

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Isaiah: the study guide →Read chapter 23 →The featured study →
Continue: Isaiah 23 →