--- title: "Bullinger" description: "burden = a prophetic oracle or warning. This begins the fourth great division of the book. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:3 ), App-92 . Babylon. T" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/13" --- **burden** = a prophetic oracle or warning. This begins the *fourth* great division of the book. Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 24:3](../../../kjv/numbers/24/3) ), App-92 . **Babylon.** This takes precedence, and stands for Chaldsea generally. It reached its height about 100 years later, under Nahopolassar and his son Nebuchadnezzar. A generation later it was captured by Cyrus and Darius the Mede (see App-57 ). Babylon was of little importance at this time. **Isaiah.** His name given in [Isaiah 1:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/1) ; [Isaiah 2:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/1) ; [Isaiah 7:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/3) ; [Isaiah 13:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/1) ; [Isaiah 20:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/20/2) , [Isaiah 20:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/20/3) ; [Isaiah 37:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/2) , [Isaiah 37:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/5) , [Isaiah 37:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/6) , [Isaiah 37:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/21) ; [Isaiah 39:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/39/3) , [Isaiah 39:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/39/5) , [Isaiah 39:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/39/8) . **sanctified ones** = separated ones. Here = the armies of the Medes and Persians. Compare [Isaiah 44:28](../../../kjv/isaiah/44/28) ; [Isaiah 45:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/1) . **mighty ones** = heroes. Hebrew. *gibbor.* App-14 . **them that rejoice in My highness** = my proudly exulting ones. **the end of heaven:** i.e. from afar. **the whole land** = all the land [of Chaldaea]. **the day.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), for the events (or judgments) which shall take place in it. **day of the Lord. .** See note on [Isaiah 2:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/12) . Occurs in fifteen other places in O.T. : ([Isaiah 13:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/9) . [Ezekiel 13:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/13/5) .[Joel 1:15](../../../kjv/joel/1/15) ; [Joel 2:1](../../../kjv/joel/2/1) , [Joel 2:11](../../../kjv/joel/2/11) , [Joel 2:31](../../../kjv/joel/2/31) ; [Amos 5:18](../../../kjv/amos/5/18) , [Amos 5:18](../../../kjv/amos/5/18) , [Amos 5:20](../../../kjv/amos/5/20) . [Obadiah 1:15](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/15) .[Zephaniah 1:7](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/7) , [Zephaniah 1:14](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/14) , [Zephaniah 1:14](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/14) .[Malachi 4:5](../../../kjv/malachi/4/5) (total 4x4, App-10 ). **destruction . . . ALMIGHTY.** Note Figure of speech *Paronomasia* . Hebrew. *keshod* . . . *mishshaddai* . **the ALMIGHTY** = the All-bountiful One. Hebrew. *Shaddai* ( App-4 ). **man's** = mortal's. Hebrew. *enosh.* App-14 . **as flames** = as [faces of] flames darkened. **cruel** = stern. **shall not give their light.** Quoted in [Matthew 24:29](../../../kjv/matthew/24/29) . Shall not celebrate [Thee]. Compare [Psalms 19:1-3](../../../kjv/psalms/19/1-3) ; [Psalms 145:10](../../../kjv/psalms/145/10) . Hebrew. *halel.* Occurs twice in "former" portion (here and in [Isaiah 38:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/18) "celebrate") and four times in "latter" portion ([Isaiah 41:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/16) ; [Isaiah 45:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/25) , "glory"; [Isaiah 62:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/62/9) ; [Isaiah 64:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/64/11) , "praise") See App-79 . **the world** = the habitable world. Hebrew tebel. **evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a.* App-44 . **wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha* . **iniquity.** Hebrew. *avah* . **man.** Hebrew. *adam* . App-14 . **man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . **children** = babes. **Medes.** Here only "Medes". in [Isaiah 21:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/2) , "Persians and Medes. "In [Isaiah 45:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/1) Cyrus named. The order is chronological. **their.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and their". **children** = sons. **as when God, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch. See note on [Isaiah 1:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/9) . **never.** See note on [Isaiah 25:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/8) . **doleful creatures.** Probably hyenas. **satyrs** = goat-shaped demons worshipped by the Seirites (Edom). Compare [Leviticus 17:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/7) . 2Ch 11:15 ; [2 Chronicles 25:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/14) . **the wild beasts** = jackals. **dragons** , or wild dogs. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/13#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/13#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/13","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 13","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/13#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"burden = a prophetic oracle or warning. 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