Bible CommentariesE.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible NotesIsaiah 13
Verse 1
burden = a prophetic oracle or warning. This begins the fourth great division of the book. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:3), App-92. Babylon. This takes precedence, and stands for Chaldsea generally. It reached its height about 100 years later, under Nahopolassar and his son Nebuchadnezzar. A generation later it was captured by Cyrus and Darius the Mede (see App-57). Babylon was of little importance at this time. Isaiah. His name given in Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 20:2, Isaiah 20:3; Isaiah 37:2, Isaiah 37:5, Isaiah 37:6, Isaiah 37:21; Isaiah 39:3, Isaiah 39:5, Isaiah 39:8.
Verse 3
sanctified ones = separated ones. Here = the armies of the Medes and Persians. Compare Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1. mighty ones = heroes. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14. them that rejoice in My highness = my proudly exulting ones.
Verse 6
the day. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for the events (or judgments) which shall take place in it. day of the Lord. . See note on Isaiah 2:12. Occurs in fifteen other places in O.T. : (Isaiah 13:9. Ezekiel 13:5. Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, Joel 2:11, Joel 2:31; Amos 5:18, Amos 5:18, Amos 5:20. Obadiah 1:15. Zephaniah 1:7, Zephaniah 1:14, Zephaniah 1:14. Malachi 4:5 (total 4x4, App-10). destruction . . . ALMIGHTY. Note Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew. keshod. . . mishshaddai. the ALMIGHTY = the All-bountiful One. Hebrew. Shaddai (App-4).
Verse 10
shall not give their light. Quoted in Matthew 24:29. Shall not celebrate [Thee]. Compare Psalms 19:1-3; Psalms 145:10. Hebrew. halel. Occurs twice in "former" portion (here and in Isaiah 38:18 "celebrate") and four times in "latter" portion (Isaiah 41:16; Isaiah 45:25, "glory"; Isaiah 62:9; Isaiah 64:11, "praise") See App-79.
Verse 11
the world = the habitable world. Hebrew tebel. evil. Hebrew. ra"a. App-44. wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha. iniquity. Hebrew. avah.
Verse 17
Medes. Here only "Medes". in Isaiah 21:2, "Persians and Medes. "In Isaiah 45:1 Cyrus named. The order is chronological.
Verse 18
their. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and their". children = sons.
Verse 21
doleful creatures. Probably hyenas. satyrs = goat-shaped demons worshipped by the Seirites (Edom). Compare Leviticus 17:7. 2 Chronicles 11:15; 2 Chronicles 25:14.
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