Isaiah 13:13

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

I will shake the heavens - image for mighty revolutions (Isaiah 24:19; Isaiah 34:4; Habakkuk 3:6; Habakkuk 3:10; Haggai 2:6-7; Revelation 20:11).

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 13:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore I will shake the heavens - A strong, but common figure of speech in the Scriptures, to denote great commotions, judgments, and revoluti...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Therefore I will shake the heavens. This is another figure of speech which contributes in a similar manner to heighten the picture. God...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce ange...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore I will shake the heavens— Every one who reads and compares these words with those preceding, must observe, that they contain an explanati...
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

See a similar description Haggai 2:6 . The prophets are carried in thought beyond the particular political convulsion in view to the final overthrow...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therefore I will shake. — The description of the great day of the Lord meets us in like terms in Haggai 2:6 ; Hebrews 12:26 , carried in both ins...
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

Therefore will I shake the heavens ,.... Some think this was literally fulfilled at the taking of Babylon, when the heavens were shook with dreadful...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce ange...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will punish the world The Babylonish empire, which is called the world, as the Roman empire afterward was, ( Luke 2:1 ,) because it was extended...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place; a poetical and prophetical description of great errors and confusions, as if...
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...
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 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

General Introduction to the Prophecies of Wrath
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore I will shake the heavens, namely for the purpose of punishing the earth and making men scarce on it, and the earth shall remove out of her...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:10 ; Haggai 2:21 ; Haggai 2:22 ; Haggai 2:6 ; Haggai 2:7 ; Hebrews 12:26 ; Hebrews 12:27 ; Jeremiah 4:23 ; Jeremiah 4:24 ; Joel 3...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Therefore — A poetical and prophetical description of great horrors and confusions, as if heaven and earth were about to meet together.

¹³ Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 13:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 13:13