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Isaiah 13:19 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 13 · verse 19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.Isaiah 13:19 · King James Version
Isaiah 13:19 in context
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.
20It 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.
21But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- excellencygâʼôwn{arrogance or majestyH1347 →
- Chaldees'Kasdîya Kasdite, or descendant of KesedH3778 →
- overthrewmahpêkâha destructionH4114 →
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- beautytiphʼârâhornamentH8597 →
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The great havoc and destruction which it was foretold should be made by the Medes and Persians in Babylon here end in the final destruction of it. 1. It is allowed that Babylon was a noble city. It was the glory of kingdoms and the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency; it was that head of gold (Dan 2:37, Dan 2:38);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-22