Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 13:5 - 13:5

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 13:5 - 13:5


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From the end of heaven; from the ends of the earth under heaven, as Mat_24:30; which is not to be understood strictly and properly, but popularly and hyperbolically, as such expressions are commonly used in sacred and profane authors. And yet in some respects this might be truly said of Persia, which on the south side was bounded by the main ocean; as for the same reason Sheba, a part of Arabia, is called



the utmost parts of the earth, Mat_12:42.



The weapons of his indignation; the Medes and Persians, who were but a rod in God’s hand, and the instruments of his anger, as was said of the Assyrian, Isa_10:5.



To destroy the whole land, to wit, of Babylon, of which he is now speaking.