1 God musters the armies of his wrath
6 He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes
19 The desolation of Babylon

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712
burden Isa 14:28 15:1 17:1 19:1 21:1,11,13 22:1,25 23:1 Jer 23:33-38 Eze 12:10 Na 1:1 Hab 1:1 Zec 9:1 12:1 Mal 1:1

of Babylon Isa 14:4 21:1-10 43:14 44:1,2 47:1 Jer 25:12-26 50:1 51:1 Da 5:28-31 Re 17:1 18:1

which Isaiah Isa 1:1

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

lift ye up Isa 5:26 11:12 18:3 Jer 50:2 51:27,28

upon the high Jer 51:25

shake Isa 10:32 11:15

go into Isa 45:1-3 Jer 51:58

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

commanded Isa 23:11 44:27,28 45:4,5 Jer 50:21

mighty ones Jer 51:20-24 Joe 3:11 Re 17:12-18

them that Ezr 1:1 6:1 7:12-26 Ps 149:2,5-9 Re 18:4-8,20-24 19:1-7

4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

noise Isa 22:1-9 Jer 50:2,3,21 51:11,27,28 Eze 38:3-23 Joe 3:14 Zec 14:1-3,13,14 Re 19:11-21

like as. Heb. the likeness of Joe 2:4-11 Re 9:7-19

the Lord Isa 10:5,6 45:1,2 Jer 50:14,15 51:6-25 Joe 2:1-11,25 Re 18:8

5 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.

from a far Isa 13:17 Jer 50:3,9 51:11,27,28 Mt 24:31

and the weapons Jer 51:20

6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

howl ye Isa 14:31 23:1 52:5 65:14 Jer 25:34 49:3 51:8 Eze 21:12 30:2 Joe 1:5,11,13 Zep 1:14 Jas 5:1 Re 18:10

for the day Isa 13:9 34:8 Eze 30:3 Joe 2:11,31 Am 5:18 Zep 1:7 2:2,3 Mal 4:5 1Th 5:2,3

as a Job 31:23 Joe 1:15

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

shall all Isa 10:3,4 37:27 51:20 Jer 50:43 Eze 7:17 21:7 Na 1:6

be faint. or, fall down
every Isa 19:1 Ex 15:15 Na 2:10

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

pangs Isa 21:3,4 26:17 Ps 48:5,6 Jer 30:6 50:43 Da 5:5,6 1Th 5:3

be amazed one at another. Heb. wonder every man at his neighbour.

flames. Heb. faces of the flames Joe 2:6 Na 2:10

9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

cruel Isa 13:15-18 47:10-15 Jer 6:22,23 50:40-42 51:35-58 Na 1:2,6

mal 4:1 re 17:16,17 18:8 19:17-21
he shall Ps 104:35 Pr 2:22

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

Isa 5:30 24:21,23 Eze 32:7,8 Joe 2:10,31 3:15 Am 8:9,10 Zep 1:15,16 Mt 24:29 Mr 13:24 Lu 21:25 Re 6:12-14 8:12

11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

I will punish Isa 14:21 24:4-6 Jer 51:34-38 Re 12:9,10 18:2,3

and I will cause Isa 2:17 5:15 14:12-16 Jer 50:29-32 Da 5:22,23

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Isa 13:15-18 4:1 24:6 Ps 137:9

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

I will Joe 3:16 Hag 2:6,7,21,22 Mt 24:29 Heb 12:26,27 Re 6:13,14

the earth Jer 4:23,24 Mt 24:35 2Pe 3:10 Re 20:11

in the wrath Ps 110:5,6 La 1:12 Na 1:4-6

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

as the Isa 17:13 1Ki 22:17,36

they shall Isa 47:15 Jer 50:16 51:9 Re 18:9,10

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Isa 14:19-22 47:9-14 Jer 50:27,35-42 51:3

16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

children Ps 137:8,9 Ho 10:14 Na 3:10

and their La 5:11 Zec 14:2

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

I will Isa 13:3-5 21:2 41:25 Jer 50:9 51:11,27,28 Da 5:28-31

shall not regard Pr 6:34,35

18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.

shall dash Isa 13:16 2Ki 8:12 Ho 13:16 Na 2:1 3:10

their eyes 2Ch 36:17 Eze 9:5,6,10

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Babylon. Babylon, whose destruction and utter ruin are here predicted, was situated in the midst of a large plain, having a very deep and fruitful soil, on the Euphrates, about 252 miles south-east of Palmyra, and the same distance north-west of Susa and the Persian gulf, in lat. 32 degrees 30' N. and long. 44 degrees 20 E. According to Herodotus, it formed a perfect square, each side of which was 120 stadia, and consequently its circumference 480 stadia, or sixty miles; inclosed by a wall 200 cubits high and fifty wide, on the top of which were small watch towers of one story high, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four might pass and turn. On each side were twenty-five gates of solid brass; from each of which proceeded a street, 150 feet broad, making in all fifty streets; which, crossing each other at right angles, intersected the city into 676 squares, extending four stadia and a half on each side, along which stood the houses, all built three or four stories high, and highly decorated towards the street; the interior of these squares being employed as gardens, pleasure grounds, etc. Its principal ornaments were the temple of Belus, having a tower of eight stories, upon a base of a quarter of a mile square; a most magnificent palace; and the famous hanging gardens, or artificial mountains raised upon arches, and planted with large and beautiful trees. Cyrus took it by diverting the waters of the Euphrates, which ran through the midst, and entering by the channel; and the river being never restored to its proper course, overflowed the whole country, and made it a morass. Darius Hystasnes afterwards depopulated the place, lowered the walls, and demolished the gates; Xerxes destroyed the temples; the building of Seleucia nearly exhausted it of its inhabitants; a king of the Parthians carried a number of them into slavery, and destroyed the most beautiful parts; so that modern travellers describe it as a mass of shapeless ruins, the habitation of wild beasts. Isa 14:4-6,12-15 Jer 51:41 Da 2:37,38 4:30

when God overthrow. Heb. the overthrowing of Ge 19:24 De 29:23 Jer 49:18 50:40 Zep 2:9

20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

Isa 14:23 Jer 50:3,13,21,39,45 51:25,29,43,62-64 Re 18:21-23

21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

but Isa 34:11-15 Re 18:2

wild beasts. Heb. Ziim??
doleful creatures. Heb. Ochim
owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

the wild beasts. Heb. Iim
desolate houses. or, palaces
dragons Isa 35:7

her time De 32:35 Jer 51:33 Eze 7:7-10 Hab 2:3 2Pe 2:3 3:9,10