Isaiah 13:10-22 ▼

10 For 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.

11 Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the pride of the arrogant And bring low the lofty pride of the ruthless.

12 I will make mortal man scarcer than fine gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of Yahweh of hosts In the day of His burning anger.

14 And 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.

15 Anyone who is found will be pierced through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

16 Their infants also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.

17 Behold, I am going to awaken the Medes against them, Who will not think about silver or take pleasure in gold.

18 And their bows will dash the young men to pieces, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children.

19 And it will be that Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the honor of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

20 It will never be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

21 But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will dwell there, and shaggy goats will leap there.

22 And hyenas 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.