The Doom of Babylon
Hugh Black, M. A. Isaiah 13:1-5 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.… Here the prophet pronounces doom upon the bloated empire which seemed to stand so secure, and notes the evidence of weakness in spite of apparent prosperity and careless trust in material resources. Disregard of human rights, lusts, and selfishness and pride of life, and the impious atheism which disregarded all this he declared would all exact their inevitable price. Cruelty and oppression would react upon the tyrant after their usual historic fashion. The huge accumulations on which they rested would only attract the foe, would weaken her hands in her hour of trial, and make her, in spite of her wealth, an easy prey to the spoiler. To Babylon would come a time when she would have more money than men. It is a picture of absolute ruin which the prophet gives, when the great city would be depopulated (ver. 12). (Hugh Black, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. WEB: The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw: