Isaiah 13:5

New Century Version

This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon to destroy the whole country.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:27

“How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war are gone.”

Isaiah 10:5

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria. I use him like a rod to show my anger; in anger I use Assyria like a club.

Isaiah 13:17

“Look, I will cause the armies of Media to attack Babylon. They do not care about silver or delight in gold.

Isaiah 24:1

Look! The Lord will destroy the earth and leave it empty; he will ruin the surface of the land and scatter its people.

Isaiah 26:20

My people, go into your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide in your rooms for a short time until God’s anger is finished.

Isaiah 30:27

Look! The Lord comes from far away. His anger is like a fire with thick clouds of smoke. His mouth is filled with anger, and his tongue is like a burning fire.

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry with all the nations; he is angry with their armies. He will destroy them and kill them all.

Isaiah 48:14

All of you, come together and listen. None of the gods said these things would happen. The Lord has chosen someone to attack the Babylonians; he will carry out his wishes against Babylon.

Isaiah 5:26

He raises a banner for the nations far away. He whistles to call those people from the ends of the earth. Look! The enemy comes quickly!

Isaiah 66:14

When you see these things, you will be happy, and you will grow like the grass. The Lord’s servants will see his power, but his enemies will see his anger.

Isaiah 7:18

“At that time the Lord will whistle for the Egyptians, and they will come like flies from Egypt’s faraway streams. He will call for the Assyrians, and they will come like bees.

Jeremiah 50:25

The Lord has opened up his storeroom and brought out the weapons of his anger, because the Lord God All-Powerful has work to do in the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north will attack Babylon and make it like an empty desert. No one will live there; both people and animals will run away.”

Jeremiah 50:9

I will soon bring against Babylon many great nations from the north. They will take their places for war against it, and it will be captured by people from the north. Their arrows are like trained soldiers who do not return from war with empty hands.

Jeremiah 51:11

“Sharpen the arrows! Pick up your shields! The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because he wants to destroy Babylon. The Lord will punish them as they deserve for destroying his Temple.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to the sound of my people. They cry from a faraway land: “Isn’t the Lord still in Jerusalem? Isn’t Jerusalem’s king still there?” But God says, “Why did the people make me angry by worshiping idols, useless foreign idols?”

Ezekiel 22:31

So I let them see my anger. I destroyed them with an anger that was like fire because of all the things they have done, says the Lord God.”

Matthew 24:31

He will use a loud trumpet to send his angels all around the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from every part of the world.