Isaiah Chapter 13 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
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BBE Isaiah 13:3

I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.
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DARBY Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
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KJV Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
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WEB Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my consecrated ones, yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
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YLT Isaiah 13:3

I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - I have commanded my sanctified ones. The pronoun "I" is emphatic - "I myself." Not only will an external summons go forth, but God will lay his own orders on them whom he chooses for his instruments, and bid them come to the muster. All who carry out his purposes are, in a certain sense, "sanctified ones" (comp. Jeremiah 22:7; Jeremiah 51:27; Zephaniah 1:7, etc.). Here the Modes and Persians are specially in. tended (see ver. 17). For mine anger; i.e. "for the purpose of executing my anger." Even them that rejoice in my highness; rather, my proudly exultant ones (Cheyne, Rosenmüller, Gesenius). AEschylus calls the Persians ὑπερκόμπους ('Persae,' 1. 827); Herodotus, ὑβριστάς (1. 41). The high spirits, however, natural to gallant soldiers on going out to war, rather than any special haughtiness or arrogancy, are intended.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) I have commanded my sanctified ones . . .--The word is applied even to the fierce tribes of the future destroyers, as being appointed, or consecrated, by Jehovah for that special work. The thought and the words (there translated "prepare") appear in Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 22:7; Jeremiah 51:27. So in the later prophecies Cyrus appears as "the anointed" of the Lord (Isaiah 45:1).Even them that rejoice in my highness.--In Zephaniah 3:11 the same phrase occurs in a bad sense. Here, apparently, it denotes the proud consciousness of the invaders that they are doing God's work. . . .