Isaiah 13
13
End of Babylon and the World
1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
2Lift up a banner on a bare mountain, raise a voice to them, wave a hand, so that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded My consecrated ones, yes, I have called My mighty ones, My proud exulting ones, for My fury.
4A sound of tumult in the mountains like that of many people! A sound of uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered! Adonai-Tzva’ot is mustering the army for battle.
5They are coming from a far country— from the end of the heavens— Adonai and the weapons of His wrath, to destroy the whole land.
6Wail, for the day of Adonai is near! it will come as destruction from Shaddai.
7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will take hold of them; they will writhe as a woman in labor; they will look aghast at one another— their faces aflame!
9Behold, the day of Adonai comes, cruel, full of wrath and fierce fury, to make the earth a desolation, and destroy its sinners from it.
10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
11I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and abase the insolence of tyrants.
12I will make people scarcer than gold, even than the pure gold of Ophir.
13Therefore I will make heaven tremble, and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of Adonai-Tzva’ot, in the day of His fierce fury.
14It will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one gathering. Each will return to his own people, each will flee to his own country.
15Everyone found will be thrust through. Everyone caught will fall by the sword.
16Their babes will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.
17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who will not value silver and will take no delight in gold.
18Their bows will cut down the young men, with no pity on the fruit of the womb, nor will their eye spare children.
19So Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of Chaldean pride, will be just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation, nor will an Arab pitch a tent there, nor will shepherds let flocks lie there.
21But desert creatures will lie there. Their houses will be full of owls. Ostriches will dwell there, and goat-demons will dance there.
22Hyenas will howl in their citadels and jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come— her days will not drag on long.
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Isaiah 13
13
The Judgment of Babylon
1The oracle concerning #ver. 19; ch. 14:4; 21:9; 47:1; See Jer. 51, 52 Babylon which #ch. 1:1Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2On a bare hill #ch. 5:26 raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for #[ch. 41:25]them to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.#13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty
4The sound #[ch. 22:5] of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
# [Josh. 5:13, 14] The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 # [ch. 46:11] They come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land.#13:5 Or earth; also verse 9
6 # ch. 14:31; 15:2, 3, 8; 16:7; Jer. 51:8; Ezek. 30:2 Wail, for #ch. 2:12; Joel 1:15; Zeph. 1:7the day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty#13:6 The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike it will come!
7Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart #See Josh. 2:11will melt.
8They will be dismayed:
# [Nah. 2:10] pangs and agony will seize them;
# ch. 26:17; Jer. 4:31; 6:24; Mic. 4:9, 10; John 16:21 they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
9Behold, #[See ver. 6 above] the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and #[Ps. 104:35]to destroy its sinners from it.
10 # [ch. 34:4] For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
#
Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:31; 3:15; Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25 the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
11I will punish #ch. 24:21 the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will #[ch. 24:4] put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
# [ch. 2:11, 17] and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
12I will make #ch. 24:6 people more rare than fine gold,
and mankind than the #1 Kgs. 10:11; Job 28:16gold of Ophir.
13Therefore #Hag. 2:6I 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.
14And like a hunted gazelle,
or like sheep with none to gather them,
#
Jer. 50:16; 51:9; [1 Kgs. 22:36] each will turn to his own people,
and each will flee to his own land.
15Whoever is found will be thrust through,
and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
16 #
Ps. 137:9; Nah. 3:10 Their infants will be dashed in pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives ravished.
17Behold, #ch. 21:2; Jer. 51:11, 28; Dan. 5:28, 31I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 #
Jer. 50:14, 29; 51:3 Their bows will slaughter#13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
19And Babylon, #[ch. 47:5] the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be #ch. 1:9; Gen. 19:24; Jer. 50:40; Amos 4:11like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
20 #
Jer. 51:37, 43 It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no #Jer. 3:2 Arab will pitch his tent there;
no #Jer. 33:12shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
21But #[ch. 34:13, 14] wild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there #ch. 34:13; Jer. 50:39ostriches#13:21 Or owls will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.
22Hyenas#13:22 Or foxes will cry in its towers,
and #ch. 35:7; Jer. 51:37 jackals in #[ch. 25:2; Amos 3:15]the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
and its days will not be prolonged.
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