| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1An oracle against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: | 1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. |
| 2Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Wave your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles. | 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. |
| 3I have commanded My chosen ones; I have also called My warriors, who exult in My triumph, to execute My wrath. | 3I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger. |
| 4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. | 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. |
| 5They are coming from a far land, from the distant horizon-- the LORD and the weapons of His wrath-- to destroy the whole country. | 5They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land. |
| 6Wail! For the day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty. | 6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. |
| 7Therefore everyone's hands will become weak, and every man's heart will melt. | 7Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt. |
| 8They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear. | 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. |
| 9Look, the day of the LORD is coming-- cruel, with rage and burning anger-- to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners on it. | 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. |
| 10Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine. | 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. |
| 11I will bring disaster on the world, and their own iniquity, on the wicked. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humiliate the insolence of tyrants. | 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. |
| 12I will make man scarcer than gold, and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir. | 12I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir. |
| 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, on the day of His burning anger. | 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. |
| 14Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land. | 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. |
| 15Whoever is found will be stabbed, and whoever is caught will die by the sword. | 15Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword. |
| 16Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped. | 16Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished. |
| 17Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold. | 17Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold. |
| 18Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on little ones; they will not look with pity on children. | 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. |
| 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. | 19And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. |
| 20It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; a nomad will not pitch his tent there, and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there. | 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. |
| 21But desert creatures will lie down there, and owls will fill the houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. | 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. |
| 22Hyenas will howl in the fortresses, and jackals, in the luxurious palaces. Babylon's time is almost up; her days are almost over. | 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. |
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