Teks -- Isaiah 13:15 (NET)

13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

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

Wesley: Isa 13:15 - Found

In Babylon, at the taking of it.

JFB: Isa 13:15 - found

In the city.

JFB: Isa 13:15 - joined

"intercepted" [MAURER]. "Every one that has withdrawn himself," namely, to hide in the houses [GESENIUS].

Clarke: Isa 13:15

Every one that is found "Every one that is overtaken"- That is, none shall escape from the slaughter; neither they who flee singly, dispersed and in confusion; nor they who endeavor to make their retreat in a more regular manner, by forming compact bodies: they shall all be equally cut off by the sword of the enemy. The Septuagint have understood it in this sense, which they have well expressed: -

Ὁς γαρ αν ἁλῳ ἡττηθησεται,

Και οἱτινες συνηγμενοι εισι πεσουνται μαχαιρα.

"Whosoever is caught shall be overthrown

And all that are collected together shall fall by the sword.

Where, for ἡττηθησεται, MS. Pachom has εκκενθησεται, et οἱ Γ Cod. Marchal. in margine, et MS. 1. D. 2: εκκεντηθησεται, which seems to be right, being properly expressive of the Hebrew.

Calvin: Isa 13:15 - Every one that is found shall be thrust through // And every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword

15.Every one that is found shall be thrust through Here he confirms what he had formerly said, that none shall escape from Babylon, and that all who shall be there shall perish. Xenophon also relates that, by the command of Cyrus, they slew every one that they met in the beginning of the night, and next day all that had not laid down their arms. ²⁰⁴ But we have already said that the prediction extends farther; for that slaughter was only the forerunner of others, for which Babylon was purposely preserved, that it might frequently be ruined.

And every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword Some translators render this clause differently from what I have done; because the Hebrew verb ספה ( saphah) signifies to destroy or consume, they read it, Whosoever shall be destroyed, and explain it as relating to the old men, who were already worn out with age, and could not otherwise live longer; as if he had said, “Not even the men of advanced age, who are sinking into the grave, shall be spared, even though they are half-dead, and appear to be already giving up the ghost.” But because that is a feeble interpretation, and the verb ספה ( saphah) signifies likewise to add, I rather agree with Jonathan ²⁰⁵ and others, who think that it denotes companies of soldiers, as in taking a city the soldiers are collected together in the form of a wedge, to ward off the attacks of the enemy. But it will perhaps be thought better to understand by it the confederates or allies who were joined to Babylon, and might be said to be united in the same body, in order to show more fully the shocking nature of this calamity.

TSK: Isa 13:15

Isa 14:19-22, Isa 47:9-14; Jer 50:27, Jer 50:35-42, Jer 51:3

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

Poole: Isa 13:15 - That is found in Babylon

That is found in Babylon at the taking of it; the expectation whereof made them flee away with all speed.

Gill: Isa 13:15 - Every one that is found shall be thrust through // and everyone that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword

Every one that is found shall be thrust through,.... With a sword, spear, or lance, and be slain; that is, everyone that is found in the city of Babylon; and so the Targum adds,

"and everyone that is found in it shall be slain;''

so Kimchi, in the midst of it, or without; in the street, as Jarchi. The orders of Cyrus ^h were, that those that were found without (in the streets) should be slain; and to proclaim in the Syriac language, that those that were within doors should continue there, but, if they were found without, they should be put to death; which orders were executed, and well agrees with this prophecy:

and everyone that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword; or "added" unto them; any of other nations that joined them as auxiliaries, see Rev 18:4 or "that is gathered"; so the Septuagint, "they that are gathered"; that are gathered together in a body to resist the enemy, and defend themselves. Some render the word, "every one that is consumed", with age; neither old nor young, as follows, should be spared. The Targum is,

"everyone that enters into the fortified cities,''

flees there for safety and protection.