Isaiah 13:19

19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians,[a]will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 13:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
ESV
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
NLT
19 Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
MSG
19 And Babylon, most glorious of all kingdoms, the pride and joy of Chaldeans, Will end up smoking and stinking like Sodom, and, yes, like Gomorrah, when God had finished with them.
CSB
19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.

Isaiah 13:19 In-Context

17 See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.
18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children.
19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians,will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; there no nomads will pitch their tents, there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.

Cross References 5

  • 1. S ver 1
  • 2. Isaiah 47:5; Daniel 2:37-38
  • 3. Daniel 4:30
  • 4. S Psalms 137:8; S Revelation 14:8
  • 5. S Genesis 19:25; Isaiah 1:9-10; Romans 9:29; Genesis 19:24

Footnotes 1

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