Isaiah 13 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen. The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2 Upon the bare mountain lift up a banner! Raise high your voice to them. Wave a hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles. Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My holy ones; also, I have called My mighty ones for My nose—those jubilant ones of My pride. I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger, my proudly exulting ones. I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.
4 The voice of a crowd on the mountains, like that of many people—the voice of a roar of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! YHWH of Hosts is mustering a host for battle! The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle. Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war.
5 They are coming from a land far off, from the end of the heavens—YHWH and the instruments of His indignation—to destroy all the land. They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.
6 Wail, for the day of YHWH is near; it will come as destruction from Shaddai. Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come! Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7 At this all hands will go limp, and every heart of man will melt; Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt. Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.
8 and they will be afraid; pains and pangs will seize them; like a woman in labor they will writhe. Each man to his neighbor will look with astonishment, with faces aflame—their faces. They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame. Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
9 Behold, the day of YHWH is coming, cruel with wrath and heat of anger, to set the land unto desolation, and He will destroy its sinful ones from it. Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it. See, the day of the LORD is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations their light will not shine forth; the sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause to shine its light. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
11 And I will visit punishment upon the world for evil, and upon the wicked for their iniquity, and I will make cease the arrogance of the proud ones, and the haughtiness of the ruthless ones I will lay low. I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir. I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir. I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13 Upon thus I will make the heavens tremble and the earth will be shaken from her place, by the fury of YHWH of Hosts, and in the day of the heat of his nose. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts in the day of his fierce anger. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
14 And it has been like the gazelle driven away, or like a sheep without one gathering it, each man to his people will turn, and each man to his land will flee. And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land. Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, they will all return to their own people, they will flee to their native land.
15 Everyone who is found will be pierced, and everyone who is captured will fall by the sword; Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword. Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.
16 and their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives will be ravished. Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
17 Behold, I am stirring up against them the Medes, who regard have no for silver, and gold—they do not delight in it. Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold. See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.
18 And the bows will dash to pieces the young men, and on the fruit of the womb they will have no mercy—on sons their eye has no pity. Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children. Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children.
19 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms and the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like the overthrowing by God of Sodom and Gomorrah. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 She wil not be dwelt in to eternity, she wil not be dwelt in for generation and generation, and no Arab or shepherds will pitch a tent; there they will not make flocks rest there. It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there. She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; there no nomads will pitch their tents, there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 And desert creatures will stretch out there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures, and daughters of the ostrich will dwell there, and wild goats will skip about there, But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there ostriches will dwell, and there wild goats will dance. But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.
22 and hyenas will howl in its towers, and jackals in its palaces of delight. And her time is coming near, and her days will not be drawn out. Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged. Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
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