Isaiah 13
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1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.1An oracle against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2Lift up a standard on the bare hill, Raise your voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.2Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Wave your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger.3I have commanded My chosen ones; I have also called My warriors, who exult in My triumph, to execute My wrath.
4A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle.4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.5They are coming from a far land, from the distant horizon-- the LORD and the weapons of His wrath-- to destroy the whole country.
6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.6Wail! For the day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.7Therefore everyone's hands will become weak, and every man's heart will melt.
8They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame.8They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.
9Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.9Look, the day of the LORD is coming-- cruel, with rage and burning anger-- to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners on it.
10For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.10Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine.
11Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.11I will bring disaster on the world, and their own iniquity, on the wicked. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
12I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir.12I will make man scarcer than gold, and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the day of His burning anger.13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, on the day of His burning anger.
14And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or like sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.14Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.
15Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.15Whoever is found will be stabbed, and whoever is caught will die by the sword.
16Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.16Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped.
17Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.17Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold.
18And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children.18Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on little ones; they will not look with pity on children.
19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
20It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.20It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; a nomad will not pitch his tent there, and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
21But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there.21But desert creatures will lie down there, and owls will fill the houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
22Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.22Hyenas will howl in the fortresses, and jackals, in the luxurious palaces. Babylon's time is almost up; her days are almost over.
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