Isaiah 13
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Proclamation Against Babylon
1The #Jer. 50; 51; Matt. 1:11; Rev. 14:8burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2“Lift#Is. 18:3 up a banner #Jer. 51:25on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
#Is. 10:32Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded My sanctified ones;
I have also called #Joel 3:11My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who #Ps. 149:2rejoice in My exaltation.”
4The #Is. 17:12; Joel 3:14noise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
5They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The #Is. 42:13Lord and His weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole #Is. 24:1; 34:2land.
6Wail, #Is. 2:12; Ezek. 30:3; Amos 5:18; Zeph. 1:7; Rev. 6:17for the day of the Lord is at hand!
#Is. 10:25; Job 31:23; Joel 1:15It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7Therefore all hands will be limp,
Every man’s heart will melt,
8And they will be afraid.
#Ps. 48:6Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
9Behold, #Mal. 4:1the day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy #Ps. 104:35; Prov. 2:22its sinners from it.
10For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be #Is. 24:21–23; Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:31; Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
11“I will #Is. 26:21punish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
#(Is. 2:17)I will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold,
A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13#Is. 34:4; 51:6; Hag. 2:6Therefore I will shake the heavens,
And the earth will move out of her place,
In the wrath of the Lord of hosts
And in #Ps. 110:5; Lam. 1:12the day of His fierce anger.
14It shall be as the hunted gazelle,
And as a sheep that no man takes up;
#Jer. 50:16; 51:9Every man will turn to his own people,
And everyone will flee to his own land.
15Everyone who is found will be thrust through,
And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16Their children also will be #Ps. 137:8, 9; Is. 13:18; 14:21; Hos. 10:14; Nah. 3:10dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives #Zech. 14:2ravished.
17“Behold,#Is. 21:2; Jer. 51:11, 28; Dan. 5:28, 31 I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.
18Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
19#Is. 14:4; Dan. 4:30; Rev. 18:11–16, 19, 21And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew #Gen. 19:24; Deut. 29:23; Jer. 50:40; Amos 4:11Sodom and Gomorrah.
20#Jer. 50:3It will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
21#Is. 34:11–15; Zeph. 2:14; Rev. 18:2But wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
22The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
#Jer. 51:33Her time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
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Isaiah 13
13
God will Punish Babylon
1 #
Is 47.1–15; Jer 50.1—51.64 This is a message about Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amoz received from God.
2On the top of a barren hill raise the battle flag! Shout to the soldiers and raise your arm as the signal for them to attack the gates of the proud city. 3The LORD has called out his proud and confident soldiers to fight a holy war and punish those he is angry with.
4Listen to the noise on the mountains — the sound of a great crowd of people, the sound of nations and kingdoms gathering. The LORD of Armies is preparing his troops for battle. 5They are coming from far-off countries at the ends of the earth. In his anger the LORD is coming to devastate the whole country.
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Joel 1.15
Howl in pain! The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. 7Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail. 8They will all be terrified and overcome with pain, like the pain of a woman in labour. They will look at each other in fear, and their faces will burn with shame. 9The day of the LORD is coming — that cruel day of his fierce anger and fury. The earth will be made a wilderness, and every sinner will be destroyed. 10#Ezek 32.7; Mt 24.29; Mk 13.24–25; Lk 21.25; Rev 6.12–13Every star and every constellation will stop shining, the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will give no light.
11The LORD says, “I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel. 12Those who survive will be scarcer than gold. 13I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place on that day when I, the LORD Almighty, show my anger.
14“The foreigners living in Babylon will run away to their own countries, scattering like deer escaping from hunters, like sheep without a shepherd. 15Anyone who is caught will be stabbed to death. 16While they look on helplessly, their babies will be battered to death, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped.”
17The LORD says, “I am stirring up the Medes#13.17 Medes: People of a nation north-east of Babylonia, which became part of the Persian empire. to attack Babylon. They care nothing for silver and are not tempted by gold. 18With their bows and arrows they will kill the young men. They will show no mercy to babies and take no pity on children. 19#Gen 19.24Babylonia is the most beautiful kingdom of all; it is the pride of its people. But I, the LORD, will overthrow Babylon as I did Sodom and Gomorrah! 20No one will ever live there again. No wandering Arab will ever pitch his tent there, and no shepherd will ever pasture his flock there. 21#Is 34.14; Zeph 2.14; Rev 18.2It will be a place where desert animals live and where owls build their nests. Ostriches will live there, and wild goats will prance through the ruins. 22The towers and palaces will echo with the cries of hyenas and jackals. Babylon's time has come! Her days are almost over.”
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