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They are the LORD’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, <i>even</i> the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They come from a far country, From the end of heaven— The LORD and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are coming from a distant country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and the weapons of His indignation, To destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They are coming from a far country From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They are coming from a far country, From the end of the sky, Yahweh and His instruments of indignation, To wreak destruction <i>on</i> the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They are coming from a distant country, From the end of heaven [the farthest horizon]— The LORD and the weapons of His indignation— To destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon — the LORD and the weapons of his wrath — to destroy the whole country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are coming from a far land, from the distant horizon— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />From a distant land the LORD is coming fierce and furious--he brings his weapons to destroy the whole earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His army is coming from a distant land, from the ends of heaven. The LORD is coming with the weapons of his fury to destroy the whole world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They are coming from far-off countries at the ends of the earth. In his anger the LORD is coming to devastate the whole country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They're coming from a faraway land, from the distant horizon— the LORD and the weapons of his anger— to destroy the entire land." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens?the LORD and the weapons of His wrath?to destroy the whole country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the LORD with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They are coming in from a far-off land, "" From the end of the heavens, "" YHWH and the instruments of His indignation, "" To destroy all the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Coming from a land from afar, from the extremity of the heavens, Jehovah and the vessels of his wrath to overthrow all the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: tile Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They come from a far-off country, and from the end of the heavens, The LORD and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy all the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Warriors are coming from afar, and from the end of heaven, even the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Warriors are coming from a distance and from the ends of Heaven, LORD JEHOVAH and the weapons of his wrath to destroy all the Earth<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They come from a far country, From the end of heaven, Even the LORD, and the weapons of His indignation, To destroy the whole earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors <i>are coming</i> to destroy all the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/13-5.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=2754" 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">4</span>Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’îm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">They are coming</a> <a href="/hebrew/4801.htm" title="4801: mer·ḥāq (N-ms) -- Distant place, distance. From rachaq; remoteness, i.e. a distant place; often from afar.">from faraway</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">lands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: miq·ṣêh (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">from the ends</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the heavens—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: ū·ḵə·lê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">and the weapons</a> <a href="/hebrew/2195.htm" title="2195: za‘·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Indignation. From za'am; strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. fury.">of His wrath—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2254.htm" title="2254: lə·ḥab·bêl (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- A primitive root; to wind tightly, i.e. To bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain.">to destroy</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.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">country.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.…<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="/joel/2-11.htm">Joel 2:11</a></span><br />The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-25.htm">Jeremiah 50:25</a></span><br />The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-16</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, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30-31</a></span><br />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. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-21.htm">Ezekiel 38:21-23</a></span><br />And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother. / I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. / I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a></span><br />and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<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="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20-23</a></span><br />“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Joel 3:9-16</a></span><br />Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! / Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ / Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Revelation 16:14</a></span><br />These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-3.htm">Zechariah 14:3-5</a></span><br />Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. / On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south. / You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Revelation 14:19-20</a></span><br />So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. / And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">from a far</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Isaiah 13:17</a></b></br> Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and <i>as for</i> gold, they shall not delight in it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-3.htm">Jeremiah 50:3,9</a></b></br> For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-11.htm">Jeremiah 51:11,27,28</a></b></br> Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device <i>is</i> against Babylon, to destroy it; because it <i>is</i> the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple… </p><p class="hdg">and the weapons</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20</a></b></br> Thou <i>art</i> my battle axe <i>and</i> weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Country</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Far</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Faraway</a> <a href="/psalms/139-9.htm">Farthest</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-25.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Part</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Uttermost</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-18.htm">Weapons</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-23.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Country</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Far</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Faraway</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Farthest</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-7.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Part</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Uttermost</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">Weapons</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-7.htm">Whole</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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Historically, this refers to the Medes and Persians who conquered Babylon. The mention of "faraway lands" emphasizes the vast reach of God's sovereignty, as He orchestrates events beyond Israel's immediate surroundings. This also reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of empires and their expansive territories.<p><b>from the ends of the heavens</b><br>This expression underscores the divine orchestration of the events, as "the ends of the heavens" implies a cosmic scale. It suggests that the impending judgment is not merely a human endeavor but one that involves the entire created order. This phrase can be connected to other biblical passages that speak of God's universal dominion, such as <a href="/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19:1-4</a>, which declares the heavens as proclaiming God's glory.<p><b>the LORD and the weapons of His wrath</b><br>Here, the LORD is depicted as a divine warrior, a common motif in the Old Testament. The "weapons of His wrath" symbolize the instruments through which God executes judgment. This can be seen in other scriptures like <a href="/jeremiah/50-25.htm">Jeremiah 50:25</a>, where God opens His armory against Babylon. Theologically, this highlights God's justice and His active role in history, using nations as instruments of His will.<p><b>to destroy the whole country</b><br>The phrase indicates the totality of the impending destruction, which in the historical context refers to Babylon. This destruction is both a literal and symbolic act of divine judgment. It serves as a warning to other nations and a reminder of God's ultimate authority over all kingdoms. This can be paralleled with the eschatological themes in Revelation, where God's final judgment is depicted as comprehensive and all-encompassing.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, representing God's sovereignty and power. He is depicted as orchestrating events from a divine perspective.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/weapons_of_his_wrath.htm">Weapons of His Wrath</a></b><br>Symbolic of the instruments or agents God uses to execute His judgment. This can include nations, armies, or natural phenomena.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/a_far_land.htm">A Far Land</a></b><br>Refers to distant nations or peoples that God summons to fulfill His purposes. This emphasizes God's control over all the earth.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/ends_of_the_heavens.htm">Ends of the Heavens</a></b><br>A poetic expression indicating the vast reach of God's influence and the extent from which He can call His agents.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_whole_country.htm">The Whole Country</a></b><br>Likely referring to Babylon in the context of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13</a>, symbolizing a nation under divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and events. He can summon forces from anywhere to accomplish His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is real and inevitable for those who oppose Him. This serves as a warning to live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/global_reach_of_god's_power.htm">Global Reach of God's Power</a></b><br>God's influence extends to the ends of the earth, reminding us of His omnipresence and omnipotence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding God's power and judgment should lead us to repentance and a closer walk with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>While judgment is severe, it assures us that God will ultimately set things right, providing hope for the faithful.<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/does_isaiah_34_align_with_other_end-times.htm">Does the prophecy in Isaiah 34 align or conflict with similar end-time descriptions found in other parts of Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jer_27_7_contradict_other_prophecies.htm">Does Jeremiah 27:7 contradict other biblical prophecies by suggesting a succession of Babylonian kings long after Nebuchadnezzar?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_declare_devastation_yet_not_end.htm">Jeremiah 4:27: Why does God declare total devastation yet say He won't 'make a full end,' and isn't this contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_judge_nations_today.htm">Does God continue to judge nations today?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">They come from a far country . . .</span>--The same phrase is used of Cyrus in <a href="/isaiah/46-11.htm" title="Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executes my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.">Isaiah 46:11</a>, and in <a href="/isaiah/39-3.htm" title="Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from where came they to you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country to me, even from Babylon.">Isaiah 39:3</a> of Babylon itself in relation to Jerusalem. The "end of heaven" represents the thoughts of Isaiah's time, the earth as an extended plain, and the skies rising like a great vault above. The phrase represents (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-32.htm" title="For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?">Deuteronomy 4:32</a>; <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm" title="His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.">Psalm 19:6</a>), as it were, the <span class= "ital">ultima Thule </span>of discovery. For the "whole land," the Hebrew noun hovers, as often elsewhere, between the meanings of "earth," or "country." The LXX. favours the former meaning.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They come from a far country</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/46-11.htm">Isaiah 46:11</a>). Both Media and Persia were "far countries" to the Hebrews, Persia especially. There is no indication that they knew of any countries more remote towards the East. Hence the expression which follows, "from the end of heaven" - the heaven being supposed to end where the earth ended. Isaiah, like the other sacred writers, conforms his language on cosmical subjects to the opinions of his day. Even the Lord. With a most effective anthropomorphism, Jehovah is made to march with the army that he has mustered (ver. 4) against the land that has provoked his wrath - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Babylonia. <span class="cmt_word">The weapons</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Isaiah 10:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/1.htm">Jeremiah 1</a>:25; 51:20). <span class="cmt_word">To destroy the whole land.</span> Many critics would render <span class="accented">ha-arets</span> by "the earth" here. It may be granted that the language of the prophecy goes beyond the occasion in places (especially vers. 11 and 13), and passes from Babylon to that wicked world of which Babylon is a type; but, where the context permits, it seems better to restrict than to expand the meaning of the words employed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/13-5.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">They are coming</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from faraway</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶרְחָ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(mer·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4801.htm">Strong's 4801: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remoteness, a distant place, from afar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lands,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the ends</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְצֵ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(miq·ṣêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> </span><span class="str2">End, extremity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the heavens—</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the weapons</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְלֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of His wrath—</span><br /><span class="heb">זַעְמ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(za‘·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2195.htm">Strong's 2195: </a> </span><span class="str2">Froth at the mouth, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחַבֵּ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥab·bêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2254.htm">Strong's 2254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the whole</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">country.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/13-5.htm">Isaiah 13:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:5 They come from a far country (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 13:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:6" /></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>