Isaiah 13:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon – the Lord and the weapons of his wrath – to destroy the whole country. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They come from a distant country, from the uttermost part of the heavens [the far east]–even the Lord and the weapons of His indignation–to seize and destroy the whole land. [Ps. 19:4-6; Isa. 5:26.] American Standard Version (1901) They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Common English Bible They are coming from a distant land, from the faraway heavens, the LORD and the instruments of his fury, to destroy the whole land. Catholic Public Domain Version to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land. |
Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger – the staff in their hands is my wrath.
Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold.
Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
Go, my people, enter your rooms and close your doors behind you. Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.
Look! The name of the Lord is coming from far away, his anger burning and heavy with smoke. His lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a consuming fire.
The Lord is angry with all the nations, furious with all their armies. He will set them apart for destruction, giving them over to slaughter.
All of you, assemble and listen! Who among the idols has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he will accomplish his will against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.
He raises a signal flag for the distant nations and whistles for them from the ends of the earth. Look #– #how quickly and swiftly they come!
You will see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the Lord’s power will be revealed to his servants, but he will show his wrath against his enemies.
On that day the Lord will whistle to flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to bees in the land of Assyria.
The Lord opened his armoury and brought out his weapons of wrath, because it is a task of the Lord God of Armies in the land of the Chaldeans.
For a nation from the north will attack her; it will make her land desolate. No one will be living in it – both people and animals will escape. ,
For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will line up in battle formation against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the Lord’s vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
Listen #– #the cry of my dear people from a faraway land, ‘Is the Lord no longer in Zion, her King not within her? ’ Why have they angered me with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?
So I have poured out my indignation on them and consumed them with the fire of my fury. I have brought their conduct down on their own heads.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.
He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.