Isaiah 13:7
ESV
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.
NIV
Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.
NASB
Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every human heart will melt.
CSB
Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak, and every man will lose heart.
NLT
Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,
KJV
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
NKJV
Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man’s heart will melt,
What does Isaiah 13:7 mean?
As with who are arrogant in their self-reliance, facing one's own destruction at the hands of others is a shock. It's terrifying. It is not something those who dwell in that arrogance see coming. Isaiah is describing the massive armies that the Lord will bring together against Babylon at some future point in history. He will wield them as His weapons and obliterate the entire land of the Babylonians (Isaiah 13:3–5). The prophet has commanded these once-proud future rulers and people to "wail" at what will soon happen to them on the day of God's judgment (Isaiah 13:6).The people of Babylon will act exactly as the Lord indicates here. The courage of their hearts will fail. Their hands will go limp. They see clearly in this moment that what they were relying on will blow away like dust. Their rulers, their gods, their power is simply nothing compared to the forces God has arrayed against them.
