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Isaiah 13:17 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 13 · verse 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.Isaiah 13:17 · King James Version
Isaiah 13:17 in context
15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- regardchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- MedesMâdayMadai, a country of central AsiaH4074 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
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We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the Medes and Persians should make upon it. Those that were now secure and easy were bidden to howl and make sad lamentation; for, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-18