Isaiah 13
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1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.1A message that Amoz's son Isaiah received about Babylon:
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.2"Raise a banner on a bare hilltop! Cry out loud to them! Give a wave of the hand, signaling for them to enter 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 myself have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also summoned my warriors, those who rejoice in my triumph, to carry out my angry judgments.
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.4"Listen! There's a noise on the mountains like that of a great multitude! Listen! There's an uproar among the kingdoms, like that of nations massing together! The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is mustering an army for battle.
5They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.5They're coming from a faraway land, from the distant horizon— the LORD and the weapons of his anger— to destroy the entire land."
6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.6Wail out loud, because 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.7Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage 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 terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze 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.9Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with wrath and fierce anger— to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from 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.10For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.
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'll punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I'll put an end to the pomposity of the arrogant, and overthrow the insolence of tyrants.
12I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir.12I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from 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'll make the heavens tremble. The earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, at the time 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.14They will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each 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 captured will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall dead, killed 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 infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, and their houses will be looted, and their wives slept with.
17Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.17Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in 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 dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.
19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.19Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and 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 through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down 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 beasts will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there owls will dwell, and goat-demons will dance there.
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 its strongholds, and jackals will make their dens in its citadels. Its time is close at hand, and its days will not be extended any further.
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