ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:1 God’s Judgment and Grace for the World: “We Have a Strong City.” Isaiah stresses God’s complete power over all the nations. God rules history to achieve his goals. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:2 RAISE A SIGNAL. God calls armies to invade Babylon. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:3 MY CONSECRATED ONES. God uses the enemies of Babylon for his own purpose (see Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 45:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:5 As the esv footnote explains, THE WHOLE LAND can also be translated “the whole earth” (likewise v. Isaiah 13:9). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:12 This refers to the thorough destruction of “the arrogant” and “the ruthless” of v. Isaiah 13:11. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:17 THE MEDES conquered Babylon in 539 B.C. (see Jeremiah 51:11; Daniel 5:30). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:19 Great BABYLON will be destroyed just like SODOM and GOMORRAH were. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 13:20 IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED. This eerie scene contrasts with the magnificence of v. Isaiah 13:19 and the messianic paradise of Isaiah 11:6 (see similar imagery in Isaiah 34:11; Jeremiah 50:39; Zephaniah 2:14).... [ Continue Reading ]