Isaiah 13 or 2 Nephi 23
By
Jeffrey Bushman Aug. 2017
Chapter 23
The
destruction of Babylon is a type of the destruction at the Second Coming—It
will be a day of wrath and vengeance—Babylon (the world) will fall
forever—Compare Isaiah 13.
About 559–545 B.C.
There are two ways to look at these chapters, both for the actual
Babylon and also for the Babylon that is symbolic of a wicked world. Nephi included these chapters in their
entirety, so he seemed to use them to tell us about the last days.
1 aThe burden
(or Message to) (‘Burden’ as used in Isaiah is
a message of doom ‘lifted up’ against a people.) of bBabylon, (The
historic destruction of wicked Babylon, prophesied in Isa. 14:28, is made typical
of the ultimate destruction of the whole wicked world.) which Isaiah the
son of Amoz did see. (see in Hebrew is Chazah which is
the root for seer) but some translation use burden for when a prophet speaks or
gives a message it becomes a burden to those who are now accountable.
2 Lift ye up (a JST my)banner (battle flag or ensign) upon the high mountain,
exalt (HEB raise) the voice unto them, ashake the hand, that
they may go into the gates of the nobles. . Banner or ensign, probably the church of Jesus Christ,
organized inviting all to join the nobles or great ones to fight against the
wicked world. It will show the same
principles as contained in the parable the wheat and the tares. Matt 13:24-30, D&C 86:1-7 The gates of the nobles would be in our day
“the Church” and for Judah it would be to gather to Jerusalem
3 I have commanded my sanctified
ones ( ‘Sanctified ones’ and ‘saints’ are
synonymously translated from either of two Hebrew words in the Old Testament),
I have also called my amighty ones, for mine anger is not upon
them that rejoice in my highness. The Lord seems to be
sending out his righteous both mortal and his hosts of heaven to separate the
wheat from the tares before the second coming.
4 The noise of the multitude in the
mountains like as of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the akingdoms of nations bgathered together, the Lord of Hosts
mustereth the hosts of the battle. There will be
assembled a mighty force that will fulfill some of the Lords judgments against
the wicked.
5 They come from a far country, from
the end of heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to
destroy the whole land. Destruction
of the wicked before and at the 2nd coming.
6 Howl ye, for the aday of the Lord is at hand; it shall
come as a destruction from the Almighty. The Lord will
now describe the destruction that shall come upon the wicked in the day of the
Lord.
7 Therefore shall all hands be
faint, every man’s heart shall amelt;
Their hands will hang limp, no power compared to the Lord, and their
courage shall fail.
8 And they shall be afraid; pangs
and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their
faces shall be as flames. The bible verse describes
this pain as like a woman in childbirth.
Their fear will be so bad that they can only
stare at one another in amazement. 2nd
coming? Wicked to burn!
9 Behold, the day of the Lord
cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and
he shall adestroy (end of
the world, cleansing of) the sinners thereof out of it. No wicked people to be
left, only the few who are righteous.
10 For the astars of heaven and the bconstellations thereof
shall not give their clight; the dsun shall be darkened in his going
forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. The earth will shake
and the heavens turn dark as signs of the day of the Lord. See Rev 6:12-14;
D&C 133:21-24,49; Matt. 24:29; Joel 2:10
11 And I will apunish the world for evil, and the bwicked for their iniquity; I will cause
the arrogancy of the cproud to cease, and will lay down the
haughtiness of the terrible (HEB tyrants). In April 74, Pres. Kimball said it is hard to live in the
world and not be part of the world and then quoted this verse and said there is
great danger in following the ways of the world.
12 I will make a aman more precious than fine gold; even
a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. . Few people left who are
righteous, to usher in the millennial age
____________Physical
changes that will come to the earth____________
13 Therefore, I will ashake the heavens, and the earth shall bremove (renewal
of the earth) out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and
in the day of his fierce anger. See
D&C 35:24-27
14 And it shall be as the chased roe (or hunted dear), and as a sheep that no man (HEB none gathers in) taketh up; and they shall
every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own aland.
This verse could start with the literal conquest
of Babylon
Here again it may be
important to remember that this has to do with the destruction of Babylon by
the Medes in ancient days and also the destruction of the wicked before or
during the 2nd coming
15 Every one that is proud shall be
thrust through (or pierced, or stabbed);
yea, and every one that is ajoined to the wicked shall fall by the
sword. Babylon and a wicked world at their end will be
destroyed. Remember two groups for
destruction.
16 Their achildren also shall be bdashed to pieces before their eyes; their
houses shall be spoiled (or plundered) and
their wives ravished. This seems to have much more to
do with the destruction of Babylonia since the righteous of the Lord will not
rape the wives of the wicked, but could be what the wicked do to each other before
Christ’s coming.
17 Behold, I will stir up the aMedes against them, which shall not
regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it. The
destruction of Babylon will come from the Medes. And did in 538 B.C.
18 Their bows shall also dash the
young men to pieces; and they shall have no apity on the fruit of the womb; their
eyes shall not spare children. This army will not have
mercy and will kill even the children. 2
centuries the Greeks under Alexander will conquer Persians and by the time of
Christ it will be pretty much desolate
19 And aBabylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty (HEB vain glorious grandeur of the Babylonians) of
the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah. Total destruction
20 It shall never be ainhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation
to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the
shepherds make their fold there.
21 But awild beasts of the desert shall lie
there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall
dwell there, and satyrs (HEB he-goats, or demons) shall
dance there. It will only be used by wild animals.
22 And the wild beasts of the
islands shall cry in their desolate houses (HEB
palaces), and dragons (HEB (perhaps jackals,
or wild dogs.) in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come,
and her day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people,
but the wicked shall perish.
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