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Isaiah 13:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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Role in This Section
The oracle concerning Zion and the nations supplies a stated reason through “For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light” at Isaiah 13:10 in “The Day of the LORD Terrifies Babylon.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 13:6–18
Begin with Isaiah 13:6–18's complete movement: Cosmic darkness, anguish, depopulation, and Medes who reject ransom portray Babylon's violent collapse in severe day-of-the-LORD rhetoric. At verse 13:10, The oracle concerning Zion and the nations supplies a stated reason through “For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light” at Isaiah 13:10 in “The Day of the LORD Terrifies Babylon.”
Why It Needs Context
The oracle concerning Zion and the nations supplies a stated reason through “For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light” at Isaiah 13:10 in “The Day of the LORD Terrifies Babylon.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Isaiah 13:6–18 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 13:6–18 — The Day of the LORD Terrifies BabylonSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 13:6–18, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 13:6–18 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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