Isaiah 13:17

Daniel 5:28-31; Isaiah 13:3-5; Isaiah 21:2; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 51:27; Jeremiah 51:28; Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 6:35

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, I will stir up - I will cause them to engage in this enterprise. This is an instance of the control which God claims over the nations, an...
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 e...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Medes. Here only "Medes". in Isaiah 21:2 , "Persians and Medes. "In Isaiah 45:1 Cyrus named. The order is chronological.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. Behold I raise up against them the Medes. The Prophet, having predicted the destruction of the Babylonians, describes also the authors,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Which shall not regard...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, I will stir up the Medes— Here follows the second part of this prophesy; in which, what the prophet had foretold principally in figure, is...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Behold, I will s...
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 Balaa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The invaders of Babylon are here first mentioned by name, though the prophet has had them in mind from Isaiah 13:2 . The Medes had settled in the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold, I will stir up the Medes. — The Hebrew form Madai meets us in Genesis 10:2 , among the descendants of Japheth. Modern researches show th...
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 o...
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....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In these verses we have a continuation of the subject concerning the destruction of Babylon, with the effects to be wrought by it on all the people....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them ,.... The Babylonians; this explains who are meant by the sanctified and mighty ones, Isaiah 13:3 th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it. Ver. 17. Behold I w...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. Here follows the second part of this prophecy, in which the calamity which the prophet had foretold, principally in figure, is plai...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Babylon. B. C. 739. 6 Ho...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Medes; under whom he comprehends the Persians, who were their neighbours and confederates in this expedition. They shall not delight in it; w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Vivid Picture of Babylon's Future And Its End ( Isaiah 13:17-22 ). Having depicted the destruction of Babylon in apocalyptic terms Isaiah brings...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE LOVE OF MONEY Isaiah 13:17 . The Medes … shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it . I. One of the most universa...
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 f...
The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them The Medes The Medes care not for gold, but for blood, though it be the blood of boys and infants....
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-...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Babylon in Particular
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, the Medo-Persians being the world power which conquered Babylon, which shall not regard silver; and a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Medes — Under whom he comprehends the Persians. Not delight — Which is to be understood comparatively. They shall more eagerly pursue the destructi...

¹⁷ Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 13:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 13:17