Isaiah 13:17-22 ▼

17 Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, || Who do not esteem silver, || And gold—they do not delight in it.

18 And bows dash young men to pieces, || And they do not pity the fruit of the womb, || Their eye has no pity on sons.

19 And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, || The glory, the excellence of the Chaldeans, || Has been as overthrown by God, || With Sodom and with Gomorrah.

20 She does not sit forever, || Nor continue to many generations, || Nor does Arab pitch tent there, || And shepherds do not lie down there.

21 And desert-dwellers have lain down there, || And their houses have been full of howlers, || And daughters of an ostrich have dwelt there, || And goats skip there.

22 And howlers—he has responded in his forsaken habitations, || And dragons in palaces of delight, || And her time [is] near to come, || And her days are not drawn out!”