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Isaiah 13:5

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13:5 They come from a distant land,

from the horizon. 1 

It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, 2 

coming to destroy the whole earth. 3 

1 tn Heb “from the end of the sky.”

2 tn Or “anger”; cf. KJV, ASV “the weapons of his indignation.”

3 tn Or perhaps, “land” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT). Even though the heading and subsequent context (see v. 17) indicate Babylon’s judgment is in view, the chapter has a cosmic flavor that suggests that the coming judgment is universal in scope. Perhaps Babylon’s downfall occurs in conjunction with a wider judgment, or the cosmic style is poetic hyperbole used to emphasize the magnitude and importance of the coming event.



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