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Jesaja 13:5

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5 sie kommen aus fernen Landen vom Ende des Himmels, ja, der HERR selbst samt den Werkzeugen seines Zorns, zu verderben das ganze Land.

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.''
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Jesaja 13:5 In-Context

3 Ich habe meine Geheiligten geboten und meine Starken gerufen zu meinem Zorn, die fröhlich sind in meiner Herrlichkeit.
4 Es ist ein Geschrei einer Menge auf den Bergen wie eines großen Volks, ein Geschrei wie eines Getümmels der versammelten Königreiche der Heiden. Der HERR Zebaoth rüstet ein Heer zum Streit,
5 sie kommen aus fernen Landen vom Ende des Himmels, ja, der HERR selbst samt den Werkzeugen seines Zorns, zu verderben das ganze Land.
6 Heulet, denn des HERRN Tag ist nahe; er kommt wie eine Verwüstung vom Allmächtigen.
7 Darum werden alle Hände laß und aller Menschen Herz wird feige sein.
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