Isaiah 13:1

What does Isaiah 13:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 13:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The word of the Lord about Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amos saw.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Zechariah 9:1

    The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah);

  • Daniel 5:6

    Then the king’s countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  • Isaiah 1:1

    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

  • Isaiah 21:13

    The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

  • Isaiah 22:1

    The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

  • Jeremiah 50:1

    The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

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