Isaiah 13:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

It - Babylon.

Shall be as the chased roe - gazelle: the most timid and easily startled.

And as a sheep that no man taketh up sheep defenseless without a shepherd (Zechariah 13:7) And as a sheep that no man taketh up - sheep, defenseless, without a shepherd (Zechariah 13:7).

They shall every man turn to his own people - the 'mingled peoples' of foreign lands shall flea out of her (Jeremiah 50:16; Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:9).

Isaiah 13:14

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.