Isaiah 39:6

6 'Behold, the days are coming when 1all that is in your house and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing * will be left,' says the LORD.

Isaiah 39:6 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 39:6

Behold, the days come
Or, "are coming F5"; and which quickly came; after a few reigns more, even in Jehoiakim's time: that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid
up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon;
as it was, when Jehoiakim king of Judah, his mother, servants, princes, and officers, were taken by the king of Babylon, and carried captive, and along with them the treasures of the king's house, and also all the treasures of the house of the Lord, ( 2 Kings 24:12 2 Kings 24:13 ) : nothing shall be left, saith the Lord;
this was, as Jarchi says, measure for measure; as there was nothing that was not shown to the ambassadors, so nothing should be left untaken away by the Babylonians.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Myab) "venientes", Montanus; "venturi sunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Isaiah 39:6 In-Context

4 He said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them."
5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of hosts,
6 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the LORD .
7 'And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.' "
8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." For he thought, "For there will be peace and truth in my days."

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Kings 25:13-15; Jeremiah 20:5
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