Isaías 13:5

5 Vienen de lejana tierra, de lo postrero de los cielos, el SEÑOR y los instrumentos de su furor, 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 mandé a mis santificados, asimismo llamé a mis valientes para mi ira, que se alegran con mi gloria.

4 Murmullo de multitud suena en los montes, como de mucho pueblo; murmullo de sonido de reinos, de gentiles reunidos; el SEÑOR de los ejércitos ordena las tropas de la batalla.

5 Vienen de lejana tierra, de lo postrero de los cielos, el SEÑOR y los instrumentos de su furor, para destruir toda la tierra.

6 Aullad, porque cerca está el día del SEÑOR; como asolamiento por Poderoso vendrá.

7 Por tanto, se descoyuntarán todas la manos, y todo corazón de hombre se desleirá.