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Isaiah 13
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
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I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
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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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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
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Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
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For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
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Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
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And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
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Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
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Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
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Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
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Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
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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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It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
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But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
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And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
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Chapter Study & Analysis
Overview
Isaiah 13 - The Burden of Babylon: Isaiah begins a series of "burdens" (prophecies of judgment) against foreign nations. Babylon is warned of total destruction by the Medes. The chapter describes the "Day of the Lord" as a time of celestial disruption.
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. The Day of the Lord (Yom Yahweh): A day of reckoning where God intervenes in history to punish the wicked and proud.2. God as Commander of Nations: God musters the "host of the battle" (v. 4); even pagan armies are His instruments.
3. Cosmic Decreation: The darkening of stars and sun (v. 10) symbolizes the collapse of world powers.
Practical Lessons
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. The Fragility of Empires: No nation, no matter how "golden," is exempt from the moral judgment of God.
2. Humility: God explicitly targets "the arrogance of the proud" (v. 11).
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. The Fragility of Empires: No nation, no matter how "golden," is exempt from the moral judgment of God.2. Humility: God explicitly targets "the arrogance of the proud" (v. 11).