Isaiah 13:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. ”

Isaiah 13:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the stars of heaven - This verse cannot be understood literally, but is a metaphorical representation of the calamities that were coming upon Babylon The meaning of the figure evidently is, t...
Isaiah 13:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the (h) stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (h) They who are overcom...
Isaiah 13:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 13:1 to Isaiah 14:23 . The Utter Ruin of Babylon and Triumphal Ode over her Monarch's Death. Historical conditions are here presupposed entirely different from those of Isaiah's time. The...
Isaiah 13:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Isaiah 13:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. For the stars of heaven. In order to strike our minds with a stronger and more distressing fear of the judgment of God, the prophets are accustomed to add to their threatenings extravaga...
Isaiah 13:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. For the stars of heav...
Isaiah 13:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, &c.— The prophet begins here to describe the calamity itself coming upon the Babylonians, but in figures, according to his manner, grand, and adapted to rais...
Isaiah 13:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. The stars ......
Isaiah 13:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Burden ] The corresponding verb means 'to lift up' ( a ) a load, ( b ) the voice (cp. Isaiah 3:7 ; Isaiah 42:2 ; Isaiah 42:11 ), used of Balaam lifting up his voice in oracular utterance ( Num...
Isaiah 13:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The constellations thereof. — The noun in the singular ( kesîl, foolhardy, or impious) is translated as Orion in Job 9:9 ; Amos 5:8 . It is significant, as pointing to some widely-diffused legen...
Isaiah 13:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that...
Isaiah 13:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now commence the second circle of the first division of our book, in which are contained Isaiah's prophecies concerning the nations and the world. The first describes the doom of Babylon. Whereas...
Isaiah 13:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In the figurative language of prophecy, the Lord describes the destruction of Babylon. The army that shall come against Babylon, the Lord calls his sanctified ones, and his mighty ones. By sanctified...
Isaiah 13:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the stars of heaven ,.... This and what follows are to be understood, not literally, but figuratively, as expressive of the dismalness and gloominess of the dispensation, of the horror and terro...
Isaiah 13:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. Ver. 10. For the s...
Isaiah 13:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold the day cruel both with wrath and fierce anger Dr. Waterland renders the clause, fierceness, wrath, and hot anger: divers words are heaped together, to signify the extremity of the divine...
Isaiah 13:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Babylon. B. C. 739. 6 Howl ye; for the day of the L ORD is at hand; it...
Isaiah 13:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The constellations; which consist of many stars, and therefore give a greater light. The sun shall be darkened; either, 1. Properly and really, by an eclipse; for prodigies in heaven do sometim...
Isaiah 13:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Apocalyptic Destruction of Babylon ( Isaiah 13:6-16 ). The forces having been gathered by Yahweh on the remoteness of the bare mountain, they are to be unleashed in ‘the Day of Yahweh', and it...
Isaiah 13:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the thirteen Chapter s which follow, the prophet, like a watchman, raises his voice, and denounces woes against all the surrounding nations, and finally against his own country. Isaiah 13:1 . T...
Isaiah 13:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BURDEN OF BABYLON . The series of prophecies which commences with this chapter and continues to the close of Isaiah 23:1-23 ; is connected together by the word massa , bu...
Isaiah 13:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

General Introduction to the Prophecies of Wrath
Isaiah 13:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:10 ; Amos 8:9 ; Ezekiel 32:7 ; Ezekiel 32:8 ; Isaiah 24:21 ; Isaiah 24:23 ; Isaiah 5:30 ; Joel 2:10 ; Joel 2:31 ; Joel 3:15 ; Luke 21:25 ; Mark 13:24 ; Matthew 24:29 ; Revelation...
Isaiah 13:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Constellations — Which consist of many stars, and therefore give a greater sight. Darkened — All things shall look darkly and dismally; men shall have no comfort or hope. Going forth — As soon as h...

Isaiah 13:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 13:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 13:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 13:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 13:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 13:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 13:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 13:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 13:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 13:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 13:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 13:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes