Isaiah 13 · Verse 14

Isaiah 13:14

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Isaiah 13:14, King James Version

Isaiah 13:14 in other translations

BSBLike a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
WEBIt will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.
ASVAnd it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
YLTAnd it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people--they turn, And each unto his land--they flee.
DARBYAnd it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.
BBEAnd it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.
WebsterAnd it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one to his own land.

What does Isaiah 13:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. it--Babylon. roe--gazelle; the most timid and easily startled. no man taketh up--sheep defenseless, without a shepherd (Zec 13:7). every man ... to his own people--The "mingled peoples" of foreign lands shall flee out of her (Jr 50:16, 28, 37; 51:9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 "And the remnant" - Here is plainly a defect in this sentence, as it stands in the Hebrew text; the subject of the proposition is lost. What is it that shall be like a roe chased? The Septuagint happily supply it, οἱ καταλελειμμενοι, שאר shear, the remnant. A MS. here supplies the word יושב yosheb, the inhabitant; which makes a tolerably good sense; but I much prefer the reading of the Septuagint. They shall - turn "They shall look" - That is, the forces of the king of Babylon, destitute of their leader, and all his auxiliaries, collected from Asia Minor, and other distant countries, shall disperse and flee to their respective homes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 13:6-18

We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to describe the…

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Isaiah 13:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
כִּצְבִ֣יkitz.Vilike a gazelleH6643
מֻדָּ֔חmu.DachhuntedH5080
וּכְצֹ֖אןu.khe.Tzonand like sheepH6629
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
מְקַבֵּ֑ץme.ka.Betz[will be one who] gathersH6908
אִ֤ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עַמּוֹ֙a.Moown people hisH5971
יִפְנ֔וּyif.Nuthey will turnH6437
וְאִ֥ישׁve.'Ishand everyoneH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אַרְצ֖וֹ'ar.Tzoown land hisH776
יָנֽוּסוּ\׃ya.Nu.suthey will fleeH5127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 13:14

  • Jeremiah 50:16

    Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

  • 1 Kings 22:17

    And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

  • 1 Kings 22:36

    And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

  • Jeremiah 51:9

    We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

  • Isaiah 17:13

    The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  • Revelation 18:9-10

    And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

  • Isaiah 47:15

    Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as the.
17:13; 1Ki 22:17,36
they shall.
47:15; Jer 50:16; 51:9; Re 18:9,10

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Context

  • Isaiah 13:13

    Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

  • Isaiah 13:14

    And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

  • Isaiah 13:15

    Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

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Isaiah 13:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y será que como corza amontada, y como oveja sin pastor, cada cual mirará hacia su pueblo, y cada uno huirá á su tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il en sera comme d’une gazelle chassée et d’un troupeau que personne ne rassemble: chacun se tournera vers son peuple, et chacun fuira vers son pays;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wird sein wie mit einer verscheuchten Gazelle und wie mit einer Herde, die niemand sammelt: ein jeder wird sich zu seinem Volke wenden, und ein jeder in sein Land fliehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erit quasi damula fugiens, et quasi ovis, et non erit qui congreget. Unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur, et singuli ad terram suam fugient.