Jesaja 13:5

5 aus fernem Lande Gekommene, vom Ende des Himmels, Jehova und die Werkzeuge seines Grimmes, um das ganze Land zu verderben.

Jesaja 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.''

Jesaja 13:5 In-Context

3 Ich habe meine Geheiligten entboten, auch meine Helden gerufen zu meinem Zorne, meine stolz Frohlockenden.

4 Horch! Ein Getümmel auf den Bergen, wie von einem großen Volke; horch! Ein Getöse von Königreichen versammelter Nationen: Jehova der Heerscharen mustert ein Kriegsheer,

5 aus fernem Lande Gekommene, vom Ende des Himmels, Jehova und die Werkzeuge seines Grimmes, um das ganze Land zu verderben.

6 Heulet, denn nahe ist der Tag Jehovas; er kommt wie eine Verwüstung vom Allmächtigen.

7 Darum werden alle Hände erschlaffen, und jedes Menschenherz wird zerschmelzen.