John Trapp on Isaiah 13:1
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Isaiah13:1
CHAP. XIII.
Ver. 1. THe burden] That is, the burdenous Propheſie, it ſhould not have ſeemed a burden,See the Notes on Nah. 1.1. and on Mal. 1.1. Jer. 23.36. but it is a grievous burden to graceleſs perſons to be told of their ſins, and foretold of their puniſhments.
Of Babylon] Not that Babylon in Egypt (of which St. Peter, 1 Epiſt. 5.13. as ſome hold) now called Gr[illegible: 1 letter]ndcair the Soldans Seat-royal: but the Metropolis of Chaldaea▪ built by Semiramis about an hundred years after the Flood, whethe[illegible: 1 letter] the Jews were to be carried captive: and concerning which calamity they are here aforehand comforted. See Mic. 7.8, 16.
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