Isaiah 39:6
in Isaiah 39The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.
KJV
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Isaiah 39
Commentary
9 notes on this verseTo Babylon - בבלה babelah, so two MSS., (one ancient); rightly, without doubt as the other copy (2Ki 20:17) has it. This prediction was fulfilled about one hundred and fifty years after it was spoken: see Dan 1:2, Dan 1:3-7. What a proof of Divine omniscience!
This site's exposition
Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts
on Isaiah 39:5-6
Isaiah answers the display with a sentence that turns each treasure into plunder, everything in your palace will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. The oracle names Babylon, the power that had just sent a friendly letter, where Assyria had just besieged Jerusalem.
This site's exposition
will be carried off to Babylon
Adam Clarke counts about one hundred and fifty years from this word to its fulfilment, and he points to Daniel 1:2, where Nebuchadnezzar carries articles. Everything the fathers stored up went the same road. The LORD has spoken it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verses 5-7) And Isaiah said to Hezekiah: Listen to the word of the Lord of hosts. Behold, the day will come, and everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have laid up until this day, will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord. And of your sons who shall come forth out of you, whom you shall beget, they will take away, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
When the ambassadors of the Babylonian king came to Hezekiah, his heart in a fresh access of human weakness was lifted up with pride, and he received them with all gladness, for his own glory; and contrary to the will of God, he led them …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, he threatens punishment: and Isaiah said; as to the loss of his goods: all that is in your house: thus says the Lord to you: I have given all these lands into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon (Jer 27:6).
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Behold, the days come,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
De 28:64); the more particular one of Ahijah in Jeroboam's time (1Ki 14:15), "beyond the river"; and of Am 5:27, "captivity beyond Damascus"; are now concentrated in this specific one as to "Babylon" (Mic 4:10). It was an exact retribution in kind, that as Babylon had been the instrument of Hezekiah and Judah's sin, so also it should be the instrument of their punishment.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Behold, the days come - The captivity of the Jews in Babylon commenced about one hundred and twenty years after this prediction (compare Jer 20:5). That all that is in thine house - That is, all the treasures that are in the treasure-house Isa 39:2. And that which thy fathers have laid up in store - In 2Ki 18:15-16, we are told that Hezekiah, in order to meet the demands of the king of Assyria, had cut off even the ornaments of the temple, and taken all the treasures which were in ‘the king’s house.’ It is possible, however, that there might have been other treasures which had been accumulated by the kings before him which he had not touched. Nothing shall be left - This was literally fulfilled (see 2Ch 36:18). It is remarkable, says Vitringa, that this is the first intimation that the Jews would be carried to Babylon - the first designation of the place where they would be so long punished and oppressed. Micah Mic 4:10, a contemporary of Isaiah, declares the same thing, but probably this was not before the declaration here made by Isaiah. Moses had declared repeatedly, that, if they were a rebellious people, they should be removed from their own to a foreign land; but he had not designated the country Lev 26:33-34; Deu 28:64-67; Deu 30:3. Ahijah, in the time of Jeroboam 1Ki 14:15, had predicted that they should be carried ‘beyond the river,’ that is, the Euphrates; and Amos Amo 5:27 had said that God would carry them ‘into captivity beyond Damascus.’ But all these predictions were now concentrated on Babylon; and it was for the first time distinctly announced by Isaiah that that was to be the land where they were to suffer so long and so painful a captivity.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
nothing shall remain You shall be paid in kind, corresponding to “There was nothing (v. 4).” (I.e., Hezekiah would be punished for showing off all his treasures, by having all those treasures carried off to Babylonia.)
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּה֮ | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יָמִ֣ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בָּאִים֒ | baim | [are] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְנִשָּׂ֣א׀ | venisa' | and it will be carried off | H5375 → | 656 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ | beveitekha | [is] in house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר | vaasher | and that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָצְר֧וּ | ʾatzeru | they stored up | H686 → | |
| אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ | ʾavoteikha | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| בָּבֶ֑ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִוָּתֵ֥ר | yivater | it will remain | H3498 → | 106 times |
| דָּבָ֖ר | davar | anything | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
הִנֵּה֮here!
hinehH2009 →843 times
יָמִ֣יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
בָּאִים֒[are] coming
baimH935 →2568 times
וְנִשָּׂ֣א׀and it will be carried off
venisa'H5375 →656 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּבֵיתֶ֗ךָ[is] in house your
beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times
וַאֲשֶׁ֨רand that
vaasherH834 →5497 times
אָצְר֧וּthey stored up
ʾatzeruH686 →
אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָancestors your
ʾavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
בָּבֶ֑לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִוָּתֵ֥רit will remain
yivaterH3498 →106 times
דָּבָ֖רanything
davarH1697 →1440 times
אָמַ֥רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 27:19–20
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Zechariah 5:11
“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
Through
2 Kings 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 20:17
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 20:5
I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them…
- 2 Kings 20:17
Through
Jeremiah 20:5I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:13
Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
- Jeremiah 15:13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 8; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.