Isaías 13:5

5 Vienen de una tierra lejana, de los más lejanos horizontes , el SEÑOR y los instrumentos de su indignación, para destruir toda la tierra.

Isaías 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 13:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven
The east, as Kimchi observes; the Targum is, from the ends of the earth; the furthermost parts of it, as Persia and Media were: the former is bounded on the south side by the main ocean; and the latter, part of it by the Caspian sea; and between Babylon and these kingdoms lay the large kingdom of Assyria; so that this army might be truly said to come from a far country: [even] the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation;
the Medes and Persians, who were the instruments of his wrath and vengeance against Babylon; just as Assyria is called the rod of his anger, ( Isaiah 10:5 ) with these he is said to come, because this army was of his gathering, mustering, ordering, and directing, in his providence; the end and design of which was, to destroy the whole land;
not the whole world, as the Septuagint render it; but the whole land of Chaldea, of which Babylon was the metropolis. The Targum is,

``to destroy all the wicked of the earth.''

Isaías 13:5 In-Context

3 Yo he dado órdenes a mis consagrados, también he llamado a mis guerreros, a los que se regocijan de mi gloria para ejecutar mi ira.

4 Ruido de tumulto en los montes, como de mucha gente. Ruido de estruendo de reinos, de naciones reunidas. El SEÑOR de los ejércitos pasa revista al ejército para la batalla.

5 Vienen de una tierra lejana, de los más lejanos horizontes , el SEÑOR y los instrumentos de su indignación, para destruir toda la tierra.

6 Gemid, porque cerca está el día del SEÑOR; vendrá como destrucción del Todopoderoso.

7 Por tanto todas las manos se debilitarán, el corazón de todo hombre desfallecerá,

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., del extremo de los cielos