Teks -- Isaiah 13:14 (NET)

13:14 Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Isa 13:14 - It

Babylon.

Wesley: Isa 13:14 - A roe

Fearful in itself, especially when it is pursued by the hunter.

Wesley: Isa 13:14 - A sheep

In a most forlorn condition.

Wesley: Isa 13:14 - Every man

Those soldiers of other nations, whom she had hired to assist her.

JFB: Isa 13:14 - it

Babylon.

JFB: Isa 13:14 - roe

Gazelle; the most timid and easily startled.

JFB: Isa 13:14 - no man taketh up

Sheep defenseless, without a shepherd (Zec 13:7).

JFB: Isa 13:14 - every man . . . to his own people

The "mingled peoples" of foreign lands shall flee out of her (Jer 50:16, Jer 50:28, Jer 50:37; Jer 51:9).

Clarke: Isa 13:14

"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.

Calvin: Isa 13:14 - And it shall be as the chased roe // Every one to his own land

14.And it shall be as the chased roe He shows that auxiliary troops will be of no avail to the Babylonians, and by these comparisons he describes the fear which shall seize the soldiers. Babylon employed not only her own soldiers, but likewise foreign and hired soldiers. He says that they will all be like roes, which are timorous creatures, and like scattered sheep, so that they will neither repair to their standards or their post, nor preserve any order.

Every one to his own land Hence it is easily seen that the Prophet speaks, not only of the natives, or even of the strangers who had formerly dwelt there, but of foreigners who had been brought for the protection of the city. We have formerly said that the hearts of men are in the hand of God in such a manner that, according to his pleasure, either those who formerly were timid or cowardly persons suddenly acquire fresh courage, or those who formerly boasted loudly of being bold and daring lose their fierceness and become effeminate.

TSK: Isa 13:14 - as the // they shall

as the : Isa 17:13; 1Ki 22:17, 1Ki 22:36

they shall : Isa 47:15; Jer 50:16, Jer 51:9; Rev 18:9, Rev 18:10

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Isa 13:14 - And it // As a sheep that no man taketh up // Every man

And it to wit, Babylon,

shall be as the chased roe fearful in itself, especially when it is pursued by the hunter.

As a sheep that no man taketh up in a most forlorn and neglected condition.

Every man those soldiers of other and more warlike nations whom she had hired to assist her; which she used to do at other times, but especially upon this great occasion; of which See Poole "Jer 50:16" ; See Poole "Jer 51:9" .

Haydock: Isa 13:14 - Land

Land. Baltassar shall be abandoned by his allies. Crœsus had been already defeated, before Cyrus invested Babylon.

Gill: Isa 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 everyone into his own land

And it shall be as the chased roe,.... That is, Babylon, and the inhabitants thereof, shall be like a roe when hunted by the dogs; which is a very fearful creature, and at the sight and noise of the dogs flies here and there for safety; just so should be the most courageous of the Babylonians, when their city should be taken. The Syriac version renders it, "they shall be"; and the Septuagint and Arabic versions, "they that are left shall be as the fleeing roe", such who fall not by the sword. Kimchi interprets it of people of other nations that should be in Babylon when taken, which agrees with the latter part of the verse:

and as a sheep that no man taketh up; the Septuagint and Arabic versions read, "as a straying sheep", that flees from the wolf; and there being none to fetch it back, and bring it to the flock, it wanders about and perishes:

they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land; this is to be understood of such foreigners, who were called in by the king of Babylon to his assistance, and the defence of the city; who perceiving it to be taken, or in danger, fled to their own countries, from whence they came, and so left the city naked and defenceless, see Jer 50:16.