Isaiah 13
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1A message that Amoz's son Isaiah received about Babylon:1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2"Raise a banner on a bare hilltop! Cry out loud to them! Give a wave of the hand, signaling for them to enter the gates of the nobles.2On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also summoned my warriors, those who rejoice in my triumph, to carry out my angry judgments. 3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger, my proudly exulting ones.
4"Listen! There's a noise on the mountains like that of a great multitude! Listen! There's an uproar among the kingdoms, like that of nations massing together! The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is mustering an army for battle.4The 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.
5They're coming from a faraway land, from the distant horizon— the LORD and the weapons of his anger— to destroy the entire land." 5They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
7Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.7Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.
8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear. 8They 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.
9Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with wrath and fierce anger— to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from it.9Behold, 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.
10For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.10For 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.
11I'll punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I'll put an end to the pomposity of the arrogant, and overthrow the insolence of tyrants.11I 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.
12I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir.12I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
13Therefore I'll make the heavens tremble. The earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, at the time of his burning anger. 13Therefore 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.
14They will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.14And 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.
15Whoever is captured will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall dead, killed by the sword.15Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, and their houses will be looted, and their wives slept with. 16Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
17Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.17Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
18Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.18Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.
19Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them—19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
20It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.20It 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.
21But desert beasts will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there owls will dwell, and goat-demons will dance there.21But 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.
22Hyenas will howl in its strongholds, and jackals will make their dens in its citadels. Its time is close at hand, and its days will not be extended any further. 22Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged.
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