Isaiah 13:22

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
islands	אִיִּים֙ 'i.Yim	H338	a howler (used only in the plural) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
cry	וְעָנָ֤ה ve.'a.Nah	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
houses	בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יו be.'al.m.no.Tav	H490	a widow · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
dragons	וְתַנִּ֖ים ve.ta.Nim	H8577	a marine or land monster · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
pleasant	עֹ֑נֶג 'O.neg	H6027	luxury · noun, common masculine singular absolute
palaces	בְּהֵ֣יכְלֵי be.Hei.khe.lei	H1964	a large public building · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
time	עִתָּ֔הּ 'i.Tah	H6256	time · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
near	וְקָר֤וֹב ve.ka.Rov	H7138	near (in place · conjunction + adjective, masculine singular absolute
come	לָבוֹא֙ la.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
days	וְיָמֶ֖יהָ ve.ya.Mei.ha	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
prolonged	יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ yi.ma.She.khu	H4900	to draw · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Isaiah 25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isaiah 35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be gr…
Jeremiah 51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a littl…
Deuteronomy 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that…
Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a cou…
Ezekiel 7:7-10 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of…
Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surel…
2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their d…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:19–end

The great havoc and destruction which it was foretold should be made by the Medes and Persians in Babylon here end in the final destruction of it. 1. It is allowed that Babylon was a noble city. It was the glory of kingdoms and the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency; it was that head of gold (Dan 2:37, Dan 2:38); it was called the lady of kingdoms (Isa 47:5), the praise of the whole earth (Jer 51:41), like a pleasant roe (so the word signifies); but it shall be as a chased roe, Isa 13:14. The Chaldeans gloried in the beauty and wealth of this their metropolis. 2. It is foretold that it should be wholly destroyed, like Sodom and Gomorrah; not so miraculously, nor so suddenly, but as effectual…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 13:22

wild beasts of the islands--rather, "jackals"; called by the Arabs "sons of howling"; an animal midway between a fox and a wolf [BOCHART and MAURER]. cry--rather, "answer," "respond" to each other, as wolves do at night, producing a most dismal effect. dragons--serpents of various species, which hiss and utter dolorous sounds. Fable gave them wings, because they stand with much of the body elevated and then dart swiftly. MAURER understands here another species of jackal. her time . . . near--though one hundred seventy-four years distant, yet "near" to Isaiah, who is supposed to be speaking to the Jews as if now captives in Babylon (Isa 14:1-2). "It moves in lengthened elegiac measure…

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John Gill on Isaiah 13:22

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses,.... The Targum and Syriac version, "in their palaces", and so the Vulgate Latin; or "with their widows", such as have lost their mates: what creatures are here meant is very uncertain; we in general call them the wild beasts of the islands, because the word is sometimes used for islands; the Targum renders it "cats", wild ones; the Syriac version, "sirens"; and the Arabic, the "hyaenae"; the Septuagint version, "onocentaurs"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "owls", which live in desolate houses, and cry or answer to one another, which is the sense of the phrase here: and dragons in their pleasant palaces; where they delig…

Dictionary and topics

Babylon — The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of the tribes.” The monumental list of its kings reaches back to…
Dragon — (1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job 30:29; Ps. 44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah 1:8; Mal. 1:3); probably, as…
B · Habitations of: Deserted cities — Habitations of: Deserted cities
Babylon · Predictions respecting: Destruction of — Predictions respecting: Destruction of
Cyrus · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Dragon, The · Found in: Deserted cities — Found in: Deserted cities
Houses · Desolation of, threatened as a punishment — Desolation of, threatened as a punishment
Palaces · Described as: Pleasant — Described as: Pleasant

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 13:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 13:22

John Gill on Isaiah 13:22

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 13:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 13:22

John Gill on Isaiah 13:22

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 13:22–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 13:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 13:20

Rashi on Isaiah 13:22