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Every heart melts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man’s heart will melt,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every human heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man&#8217s heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man’s heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak, and every man will lose heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore everyone&#8217s hands will become weak, and every man&#8217s heart will melt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All people will be terrified. Hands will grow limp; courage will melt away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why every hand will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man?s heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart will melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, all hands fail, "" And every heart of man melts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this all hands shall be relaxed, and every heart of man shall melt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore all hands fall helpless, every human heart melts, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, all hands shall become weak and every heart of man shall melt<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore shall all hands be slack, And every heart of man shall melt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/13-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2772" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">An Oracle Concerning Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏa·yim (N-fd) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7503.htm" title="7503: tir·pe·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- Sink, relax. A primitive root; to slacken.">will fall limp,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and every</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ĕ·nō·wōš (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">man’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ (N-msc) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/4549.htm" title="4549: yim·må̄s (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To dissolve, melt. A primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste, to faint.">will melt.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-43.htm">Jeremiah 50:43</a></span><br />The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Nahum 2:10</a></span><br />She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-7.htm">Ezekiel 21:7</a></span><br />And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Joel 2:6</a></span><br />Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-15</a></span><br />The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Jeremiah 6:24</a></span><br />We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3-4</a></span><br />Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see. / My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18</a></span><br />The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Isaiah 19:1</a></span><br />This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Isaiah 24:19-20</a></span><br />The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. / The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29-30</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25-26</a></span><br />There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15-17</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:</p><p class="hdg">shall all</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3,4</a></b></br> And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation <i>which</i> shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27</a></b></br> Therefore their inhabitants <i>were</i> of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were <i>as</i> the grass of the field, and <i>as</i> the green herb, <i>as</i> the grass on the housetops, and <i>as corn</i> blasted before it be grown up.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20</a></b></br> Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.</p><p class="hdg">be faint.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">Isaiah 19:1</a></b></br> The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-15.htm">Exodus 15:15</a></b></br> Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Nahum 2:10</a></b></br> She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain <i>is</i> in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Everyone's</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-4.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-7.htm">Limp</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-6.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm">Slack</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Everyone's</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-4.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-10.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Limp</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Slack</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-25.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">God musters the armies of his wrath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">The desolation of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore all hands will fall limp</b><br>This phrase signifies a state of utter helplessness and inability to act. In the context of <a href="/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13</a>, it refers to the impending judgment on Babylon, a powerful empire known for its military might. The imagery of hands falling limp suggests a complete loss of strength and power, indicating that even the mightiest warriors will be rendered powerless. This can be connected to other biblical instances where God’s judgment causes fear and paralysis, such as in <a href="/exodus/15-15.htm">Exodus 15:15-16</a>, where the nations tremble at the power of God displayed in the Exodus. The phrase underscores the futility of human strength against divine judgment.<p><b>and every man’s heart will melt</b><br>The melting of hearts is a metaphor for overwhelming fear and despair. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the heart was considered the center of courage and decision-making. The melting heart indicates a total collapse of courage and resolve. This imagery is echoed in other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/ezekiel/21-7.htm">Ezekiel 21:7</a>, where the hearts of the people melt in fear of impending doom. It also recalls the fear of the Canaanites in <a href="/joshua/2-11.htm">Joshua 2:11</a> upon hearing of the Israelites' approach. This phrase highlights the psychological impact of God’s judgment, emphasizing that no one can stand firm when faced with His righteous wrath.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages from God to the people of Judah and surrounding nations.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The nation against which this prophecy is directed, symbolizing human pride and opposition to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, to whom Isaiah primarily ministered, warning them of judgment and offering hope of restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/day_of_the_lord.htm">Day of the Lord</a></b><br>A future time of divine judgment and intervention, often associated with both immediate and eschatological events.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The overarching theme of this chapter, highlighting God's sovereignty and justice over nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is real and affects all who oppose Him. It serves as a reminder of His holiness and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_frailty_in_the_face_of_god's_power.htm">Human Frailty in the Face of God's Power</a></b><br>The imagery of limp hands and melting hearts illustrates human weakness and vulnerability when confronted with God's might.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding the certainty of God's judgment should lead us to repentance and a renewed commitment to live according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, it is also a reminder of God's ultimate control over history and His plan for redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>This passage encourages believers to live with an awareness of eternal realities, prioritizing God's kingdom over worldly pursuits.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'struck_down'_mean.htm">Is your heart truly repentant, beyond outward appearances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_abraham's_age_at_death.htm">How can I seek repentance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_holiness,_sanctification.htm">How can I find hope in times of despair?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_refiner's_fire.htm">What is the meaning of Refiner's Fire?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Shall all hands be faint.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">be slack, </span>hanging down in the helpless despondency of the terror which the next clause paints (<a href="/hebrews/12-12.htm" title="Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;">Hebrews 12:12</a>).<p>(7) <span class= "bld">They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth.</span>--The image of powerless agony occurs both in earlier and later prophets (<a href="/hosea/13-3.htm" title="Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.">Hosea 13:3</a>; <a href="/micah/5-9.htm" title="Your hand shall be lifted up on your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.">Micah 5:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm" title="We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.">Jeremiah 6:24</a>, <span class= "ital">et al.</span>)<span class= "ital">. </span>Perhaps the most striking parallelism is found in <a href="/psalms/48-6.htm" title="Fear took hold on them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.">Psalm 48:6</a>, probably, like the other psalms of the sons of Korah, contemporary with Isaiah. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore shall all hands be faint</span> (comp. Jeremiah 1:43; <a href="/ezekiel/7-17.htm">Ezekiel 7:17</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/3-16.htm">Zephaniah 3:16</a>). There shall be a general inaction and apathy. Recently discovered accounts of the capture of Babylon by Cyrus show a great want of activity and vigor on the part of the defenders. <span class="cmt_word">Every man's heart shall melt</span> (comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/20-8.htm">Deuteronomy 20:8</a>; <a href="/joshua/2-11.htm">Joshua 2:11</a>; <a href="/joshua/5-1.htm">Joshua 5:1</a>, etc.). The general inaction will spring from a general despondency. This statement agrees much better with the recently discovered documents than does the statement of Herodotus, that, safe within their walls, the Babylonians despised their assailants, and regarded themselves as perfectly secure. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/13-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֣יִם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fall limp,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָה</span> <span class="translit">(tir·pe·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7503.htm">Strong's 7503: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sink, relax</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and every</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">man’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱנ֖וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·nō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will melt.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמָּס׃‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(yim·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4549.htm">Strong's 4549: </a> </span><span class="str2">To liquefy, to waste, to faint</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/13-7.htm">Isaiah 13:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:7 Therefore all hands will be feeble (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 13:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>