Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 13:11

"And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible." — Isaiah 13:11 (ASV)

And I will punish the world - By the world here is evidently meant the Babylonian empire, in the same way as all the world in (Luke 2:1), means Judea; and in (Acts 11:28), means the Roman empire. Babylonia, or Chaldea, was the most mighty empire on earth at that time, and could be said to encompass the whole world.

And I will cause the arrogancy - This was the prevailing sin of Babylon, and it was mainly on account of this pride that it was overthrown (see the notes at Isaiah 14:0; compare Daniel 4:22, Daniel 4:30).