Isaiah 13:5

New Living Translation

They come from distant countries, from beyond the farthest horizons. They are the Lord’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:27

Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen! Stripped of their weapons, they lie dead.

Isaiah 10:5

“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.

Isaiah 13:17

“Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.

Isaiah 24:1

Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.

Isaiah 26:20

Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the Lord’s anger has passed.

Isaiah 30:27

Look! The Lord is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire.

Isaiah 34:2

For the Lord is enraged against the nations. His fury is against all their armies. He will completely destroy them, dooming them to slaughter.

Isaiah 48:14

Have any of your idols ever told you this? Come, all of you, and listen: The Lord has chosen Cyrus as his ally. He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon and to destroy the Babylonian armies.

Isaiah 5:26

He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.

Isaiah 66:14

When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass! Everyone will see the Lord’s hand of blessing on his servants— and his anger against his enemies.

Isaiah 7:18

In that day the Lord will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees.

Jeremiah 50:25

The Lord has opened his armory and brought out weapons to vent his fury. The terror that falls upon the Babylonians will be the work of the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Jeremiah 50:3

For a nation will attack her from the north and bring such destruction that no one will live there again. Everything will be gone; both people and animals will flee.

Jeremiah 50:9

For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss!

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask. “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign gods?” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:31

So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them with the fire of my anger. I will heap on their heads the full penalty for all their sins. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.