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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans&#8217 pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And it will be that Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the honor of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The city of Babylon is glorious and powerful, the pride of the nation. But it will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah after I, the Lord, destroyed them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the proud beauty of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Babylonia is the most beautiful kingdom of all; it is the pride of its people. But I, the LORD, will overthrow Babylon as I did Sodom and Gomorrah! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans' source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellence, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, "" The glory, the excellence of the Chaldeans, "" Has been as overthrown by God, "" With Sodom and with Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Babel the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' grandeur was as God overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And then Babylon, the glorious one among kingdoms, that famous pride of the Chaldeans, will be destroyed, even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory and pride of the Chaldeans, Shall become like Sodom and Gomorrah, overthrown by God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of the kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean's excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Babel, the power of the Kingdoms and the glory of the majesty of the Chaldeans, shall be as when God overturned Sadom and Amora<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as <i>when</i> God overthrew Sodoma, and Gomorrha.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/13-19.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=2892" 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">18</span>Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: ḇā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">And Babylon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6643.htm" title="6643: ṣə·ḇî (N-msc) -- Splendor, a gazelle. From tsabah in the sense of prominence; splendor; also a gazelle.">the jewel</a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">of the kingdoms,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8597.htm" title="8597: tip̄·’e·reṯ (N-fsc) -- Beauty, glory. Or tiphereth; from pa'ar; ornament.">the glory</a> <a href="/hebrew/1347.htm" title="1347: gə·’ō·wn (N-msc) -- Arrogance, majesty, ornament. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">of the pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/3778.htm" title="3778: kaś·dîm (N-proper-mp) -- A region of S. Bab. and its inhab. (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah; towards the Kasdites.">of the Chaldeans,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/4114.htm" title="4114: kə·mah·pê·ḵaṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- An overthrow. From haphak; a destruction.">overthrown</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">by God</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5467.htm" title="5467: sə·ḏōm (N-proper-fs) -- A Canaanite city near the Dead Sea. From an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea.">like Sodom</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6017.htm" title="6017: ‘ă·mō·rāh (N-proper-fs) -- A city in the Jordan Valley. From amar; a heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine.">and Gomorrah.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.…<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/50-40.htm">Jeremiah 50:40</a></span><br />As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a></span><br />Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a></span><br />Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Jeremiah 49:18</a></span><br />As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-5</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-5.htm">Revelation 17:5</a></span><br />And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12</a></span><br />But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a></span><br />The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Jeremiah 51:29</a></span><br />The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.<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="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.</p><p class="hdg">Babylon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-6,12-15</a></b></br> That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm">Jeremiah 51:41</a></b></br> How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/2-37.htm">Daniel 2:37,38</a></b></br> Thou, O king, <i>art</i> a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory… </p><p class="hdg">when God overthrow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a></b></br> Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a></b></br> <i>And that</i> the whole land thereof <i>is</i> brimstone, and salt, <i>and</i> burning, <i>that</i> it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Jeremiah 49:18</a></b></br> As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour <i>cities</i> thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/ezra/4-9.htm">Babylonians</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-26.htm">Chaldaeans</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Chalde'ans</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-5.htm">Excellence</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Excellency</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-1.htm">God's</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Gomor'rah</a> <a href="/songs/4-9.htm">Jewel</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/psalms/136-15.htm">Overthrew</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Overthrown</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Splendor</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Babylonians</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-5.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Chaldaeans</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Chalde'ans</a> <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-2.htm">Excellence</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Excellency</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-18.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-4.htm">God's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Gomorrah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Gomor'rah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Jewel</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm">Overthrew</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Overthrown</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-14.htm">Splendor</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'; 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It was considered a "jewel" due to its wealth, architectural achievements, and cultural advancements. The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, exemplify its splendor. In biblical context, Babylon often symbolizes human pride and opposition to God, as seen in the Tower of Babel narrative (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>). Its prominence in the ancient world made it a fitting representation of worldly power and glory.<p><b>the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans</b><br>The Chaldeans were a Semitic people who became the ruling class in Babylon. Their pride is highlighted here, reflecting their self-reliance and arrogance. Historically, the Chaldeans were known for their advancements in astronomy and mathematics, contributing to Babylon's reputation as a center of learning and culture. This phrase underscores the human tendency to take pride in achievements and status, often leading to a sense of invincibility and self-sufficiency apart from God.<p><b>will be overthrown by God</b><br>This prophecy foretells the divine judgment that would come upon Babylon. Despite its might and splendor, Babylon was not immune to God's sovereign will. The overthrow of Babylon serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority over nations and empires. Historically, Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians in 539 BC, fulfilling this prophecy. This event illustrates the biblical theme that no earthly power can withstand God's judgment.<p><b>like Sodom and Gomorrah</b><br>The comparison to Sodom and Gomorrah, cities destroyed by divine judgment due to their wickedness (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a>), emphasizes the totality and severity of Babylon's impending destruction. This analogy serves as a warning of the consequences of pride and sin. In the New Testament, Sodom and Gomorrah are often referenced as examples of God's judgment (<a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a>, <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>), reinforcing the message that God's justice is inevitable for those who oppose His will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>A significant city and empire in ancient Mesopotamia, known for its wealth, power, and influence. It is often symbolized as a center of pride and idolatry.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/chaldeans.htm">Chaldeans</a></b><br>The people of southern Babylonia, known for their advancements in astronomy and astrology. They were a dominant force in the Neo-Babylonian Empire.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a></b><br>Ancient cities destroyed by God due to their wickedness, serving as a symbol of divine judgment and destruction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, who conveyed God's messages of judgment and hope to the people of Israel and surrounding nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The divine act of bringing justice and punishment upon nations or individuals for their sins and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Babylon's downfall serves as a warning against the dangers of pride and self-exaltation. Just as Babylon was a "jewel of kingdoms," our own achievements can lead to pride if not surrendered to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The prophecy highlights God's control over nations and history. Believers can trust that God will ultimately bring justice and righteousness, even when evil seems to prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The destruction of Babylon, like Sodom and Gomorrah, underscores the need for repentance. It is a reminder to turn away from sin and seek God's mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>While the prophecy speaks of destruction, it also assures believers that God will not let evil go unpunished. This provides hope for those who suffer under injustice.<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/isaiah_47_9__how_could_both_losses_occur_suddenly.htm">Isaiah 47:9 – How could both the sudden loss of children and widowhood happen in “a single day” without the record of any swift catastrophic event matching this description? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_babylon_last_after_isaiah_13_19.htm">If Isaiah 13:19 says Babylon will be overthrown like Sodom and Gomorrah, why did it continue as a functioning city for centuries afterward? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_prophecies_of_babylon's_fall_align.htm">How do the prophecies about Babylon’s permanent destruction in Jeremiah 50:13 reconcile with references to Babylon’s later existence mentioned elsewhere in the Bible? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_babylon's_fall_reconciled.htm">Jeremiah 51:8 says Babylon has “suddenly fallen,” yet historical records indicate a gradual decline—how is this reconciled? </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>(19) <span class= "bld">And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms.</span>--The words paint the impression which the great city, even in Isaiah's time, made upon all who saw it. So Nebuchadnezzar, though his work was mainly that of a restorer, exulted in his pride in the greatness of the city of which he claimed to be the builder (<a href="/daniel/4-30.htm" title="The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?">Daniel 4:30</a>). So Herodotus (i. 178) describes it as the most famous and the strongest of all the cities of Assyria, adorned beyond any other city on which his eyes had ever looked. (Compare the descriptive notices in <a href="/jeremiah/51-41.htm" title="How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!">Jeremiah 51:41</a>, and the constantly recurring epithet of "gold-abounding Babylon" in the <span class= "ital">Persians </span>of ?schylus.)<p><span class= "bld">As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.</span>--The phrase had clearly become proverbial, as in <a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm" title="Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrah.">Isaiah 1:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm" title="As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, said the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.">Jeremiah 50:40</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm" title="And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:">Deuteronomy 29:23</a>, carrying the picture of desolation to its highest point. The present state of the site of Babylon corresponds literally to the prediction. It is "a naked and hideous waste" (Layard, <span class= "ital">Nineveh and Babylon, </span>p. 484). The work was, however, accomplished by slow degrees, and was not, like the destruction of Nineveh, the result of a single overthrow. Darius dismantled its walls, Xerxes pulled down the Temple of Belus. Alexander contemplated its restoration, but his designs were frustrated by his early death. Susa and Ecbatana, Seleucia and Antioch, Ctesiphon and Bagdad, became successively the centres of commerce and of government. By the time of Strabo (B.C. 20) the work was accomplished, and "the vast city" had become a "vast desolation" (Strabo, xvi. 15). At no time within the range of Old Testament literature did such a consummation come within the range of the forecast which judges of the future by an induction from the past. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Babylon, the glory of kingdoms</span>. The "<span class="accented">glory"</span> of Babylon consisted: <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> In her antiquity. She had been the head of a great empire long before Assyria rose to power. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> In her origination of literature, architecture, and the other arts, which all passed from her to Assyria, and thence to the other nations of Asia. <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> In her magnificence and the magnificence of her kings, which provoked the admiration of the Assyrians themselves ('Records of the Past,' vol. 9. p. 15). As time went on, she grew in wealth and splendor. Perhaps it was granted to Isaiah to see her in ecstatic vision, not merely such as she was in the time of Sargon under Merodach-Baladan, but such as she became under Nebuchadnezzar, the greatest of her kings, who raised her to the highest pitch or glory and eminence. The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency. The Kaldi appear to have been originally one of the many tribes by which Babylonia was peopled at an early date, From the expression, "Ur of the Chaldees," which occurs more than once in Genesis (<a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Genesis 11:28, 31</a>), we may gather that they were inhabitants of the more southern part of the country, near the coast. The same conclusion may be drawn from the Assyrian inscriptions, especially those of Shalmaneser II. - the Black Obelisk king. The term never became a general name for the Babylonian people among themselves or among the Assyrians; but, somehow-or other, it was accepted in that sense by the Jews, and is so used, not only by Isaiah, but also by the writers of Kings and Chronicles, by Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Habakkuk. <span class="cmt_word">As when God overthrew Sodom</span>. Equally sudden and complete as that destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/13-19.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">And Babylon,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָבֶל֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the jewel</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6643.htm">Strong's 6643: </a> </span><span class="str2">Splendor, a gazelle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the kingdoms,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַמְלָכ֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the glory</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(tip̄·’e·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8597.htm">Strong's 8597: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beauty, glory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the pride</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּא֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(gə·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1347.htm">Strong's 1347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Chaldeans,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(kaś·dîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">overthrown</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mah·pê·ḵaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4114.htm">Strong's 4114: </a> </span><span class="str2">A destruction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like Sodom</span><br /><span class="heb">סְדֹ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(sə·ḏōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5467.htm">Strong's 5467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Gomorrah.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲמֹרָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·mō·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6017.htm">Strong's 6017: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:19 Babylon the glory of kingdoms the beauty (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/13-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 13:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:20" /></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>