Isaiah 13
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1This is the message Isaiah, son of Amoz, received#13:1. Literally, “saw.” about Babylon.
2Set up a banner on a bare hilltop; shout out to them; wave your hand to encourage them to enter the palaces of princes.#13:2. “Palaces of princes”: literally, “gates of the nobles.” 3I have ordered the ones I have chosen to attack; I have called my warriors to execute my furious judgment and to celebrate my triumph.
4A noise comes from the mountains, sounding like that of a huge crowd! It's the roaring sound from the kingdoms, from nations gathering together! The Lord Almighty is calling up an army for war. 5They are coming from distant lands, from beyond the far horizons—the Lord and the weapons of his fury—coming to destroy the whole country.
6Howl in fear, for the day of the Lord is approaching—the time when the Almighty destroys. 7Everyone's hands will fall limp, and everyone will lose their minds in panic. 8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they will suffer like a woman giving birth. They will look in shock at each other, their faces burning in fear. 9Look! The day of the Lord is coming—cruel, with fury and fierce anger—to devastate the land and to wipe out its sinners. 10The stars in the constellations of heaven above will not shine. When the sun rises it will stay dark. The moon will give no light.
11I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their sin, says the Lord.#13:11. “Says the Lord.” Supplied for clarity. I will put an end to the conceit of the arrogant, and I will humiliate tyrants and their pride. 12I will make people scarcer than pure gold, rarer than the gold of Ophir. 13So I will shake the heavens and make the earth jump out of its place because of the fury of the Lord Almighty, at the time when his anger burns.
14Like a gazelle being hunted, or like sheep without a shepherd, the Babylonians#13:14. “The Babylonians”: supplied for clarity. will return to their own people, they will run away to their own land. 15Anyone who is captured will be stabbed to death; anyone who is caught will be killed by the sword. 16Their little children will be dashed to pieces as they watch, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped.
17I'm going to get the Medes to attack them, people who don't care about silver or gold. 18Their bows will slaughter their young men; they will show no mercy to babies; they will have no pity on children. 19Babylon, the most marvelous city of any kingdom, the greatest pride of the Babylonian people, will be demolished by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. 20No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted—no desert nomad will set up a tent there, no shepherd will bring a flock to rest there. 21Only desert animals will make their homes there, and the ruined houses will be inhabited by wild dogs. Owls will live there, and wild goats will leap around. 22Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her lavish palaces. Babylon's time is coming soon—they will not last much longer.
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Isaiah 13
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Babylon Will Be Punished
1This is the divine revelation which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Babylon.
2Raise a banner on the bare mountaintop.
Call loudly to them.
Signal them with your hand to enter the nobles’ gates.
3I’ve commanded my holy ones.
I’ve called my mighty men to carry out my anger.
They find joy in my triumphs.
4Listen to the noise on the mountains.
It is like the sound of a large army.
It is the sound of kingdoms and nations gathering together.
The Lord of Armies is assembling his army for battle.
5His army is coming from a distant land,
from the ends of heaven.
The Lord is coming with the weapons of his fury
to destroy the whole world.
6Cry loudly, for the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7That is why every hand will hang limp,
and everyone’s courage will fail.
8They’ll be terrified.
Pain and anguish will seize them.
They’ll writhe like a woman giving birth to a child.
They’ll look at one another in astonishment.
Their faces will be burning red.
9The day of the Lord is going to come.
It will be a cruel day with fury and fierce anger.
He will make the earth desolate.
He will destroy its sinners.
10The stars in the sky and their constellations
won’t show their light anymore.
The sun will be dark when it rises.
The moon won’t shine.
11I will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their wrongdoing.
I will put an end to arrogant people
and humble the pride of tyrants.
12I will make people harder to find than pure gold
and human beings more rare than gold from Ophir.
13I will make heaven tremble,
and the earth will be shaken from its place
when the Lord of Armies is angry.
At that time he will be very angry.
14They’ll be like hunted gazelle
and like sheep with no one to gather them.
Everyone will return to his own people
and flee to his own land.
15Whoever is found will be stabbed to death.
Whoever is captured will be executed.
16Their little children will be smashed to death right before their eyes.
Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
17I’m going to stir up the Medes against them.
They don’t care for silver and aren’t happy with gold.
18But their bows will smash the youth.
They’ll have no compassion for babies,
nor will they look with pity on children.
19Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the proud beauty of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.
20It will never be inhabited again,
and no one will live in it for generations.
Arabs won’t pitch their tents there.
Shepherds won’t let their flocks rest there.
21Desert animals will lie down there.
Their homes will be full of owls.
Ostriches will live there,
and wild goats will skip about.
22Hyenas will howl in Babylon’s strongholds,
and jackals will howl in its luxurious palaces.
Its time has almost come.
Its days will not be extended.
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