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Isaiah 13:4

2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.

6 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
KJV
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.
WEB
The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! The LORD of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.
ASV
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.
DARBY
The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
BLB
The voice of a crowd on the mountains, like that of many people—the voice of a roar of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! YHWH of Hosts is mustering a host for battle!
ÅB
Hør! Bulder på fjellene som av et stort folk! Hør! Brak av kongeriker, av sammenstrømmende folkeslag! Herren, hærskarenes Gud, mønstrer sin krigshær.
OTB
Hør, en brøl på fjellene, som fra en stor mengde! Hør larmen av riker, nasjoner som samles! Herren, hærskarenes Gud, samler en hær til kamp.
B1930
Hør! Bulder på fjellene som av et stort folk! Hør! Brak av kongeriker, av sammenstrømmende folkeslag! Herren, hærskarenes Gud, mønstrer sin krigshær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joel 3:14

    Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

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  • Joel 2:25

    I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.

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  • Ezekiel 38:3–23

    and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

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  • Revelation 19:11–21

    Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

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  • Joel 2:1–11

    Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

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  • Revelation 9:7–19

    And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

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  • Isaiah 10:5–6

    Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

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  • Zechariah 14:13–14

    On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

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