Isaiah 13:1-5 ▼

1 A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Signal with your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my warriors, who celebrate my triumph, to execute my wrath.

4 Listen, a commotion on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.

5 They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon — the LORD and the weapons of his wrath — to destroy the whole country.