King James Version
Isaiah 13:5 in the King James Version says “They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the ...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.”
Isaiah 13:5 · KJV
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. like: Heb. the likeness of
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: be faint: or, fall down
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from a far”
H4801remoteness, i.e., (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
“of heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“even the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and the weapons”
H3627something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
“of his indignation”
H2195strictly froth at the mouth, i.e., (figuratively) fury (especially of god's displeasure with sin)
“to destroy”
H2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e., to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of partur
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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