Isaiah 13

An Oracle Concerning Babylon

1The #13:1 Or burden oforacle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz beheld.

2Lift up a standard on the #13:2 Or wind-swept mountainbare hill,

Heighten your voice at them,

Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.

3I have commanded My set apart ones,

I have even called My mighty warriors,

My #13:3 Lit lofty pride, cf. 13:11proudly exulting ones,

To execute My anger.

4A sound of tumult on the mountains,

Like that of many people!

A sound of the rumbling of kingdoms,

Of nations gathered together!

Yahweh of hosts is mustering the host for battle.

5They are coming from a far country,

From the end of the sky,

Yahweh and His instruments of indignation,

To wreak destruction on the whole land.

6Wail, for the day of Yahweh is near!

It will come as destruction from #13:6 Heb Shaddaithe Almighty.

7Therefore all hands will fall limp,

And every man’s heart will melt.

8They will be terrified,

Pains and labor pangs will take hold of them;

They will writhe like a woman in labor,

They will look at one another in astonishment,

Their faces aflame.

9Behold, the day of Yahweh is coming,

Cruel, with fury and burning anger,

To make the land a desolation;

And He will exterminate its sinners from it.

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.

11Thus I will punish the world for its evil

And the wicked for their iniquity;

I will also put an end to the pride of the arrogant

And bring low the lofty pride of the #13:11 Or tyrants, despotsruthless.

12I will make mortal man #13:12 Lit more preciousscarcer than fine gold

And mankind than the gold of Ophir.

13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

And the earth will be shaken from its place

At the fury of Yahweh of hosts

In the day of His burning anger.

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.

15Anyone who is found will be pierced through,

And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

16Their infants also will be dashed to pieces

Before their eyes;

Their houses will be plundered

And their wives ravished.

17¶Behold, I am going to awaken the Medes against them,

Who will not think about silver or take pleasure in gold.

18And their bows will dash the young men to pieces,

They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,

Nor will their eye pity #13:18 Lit sonschildren.

19And it will be that Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the #13:19 Lit beautiful gloryhonor of the Chaldeans’ pride,

Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

20It will never be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation;

Nor will the #13:20 Or nomadArab pitch his tent there,

Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

21But desert creatures will lie down there,

And their houses will be full of #13:21 Or howling creaturesowls;

Ostriches also will dwell there, and #13:21 Or goat demonsshaggy goats will leap there.

22 # 13:22 Or howling creatures And hyenas will howl in their fortified towers

And jackals in their luxurious palaces.

Her fateful time also #13:22 Lit is near to comewill soon come

And her days will not be prolonged.

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Isaiah 13

A Message about Babylon

1Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:

2“Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.

Call up an army against Babylon.

Wave your hand to encourage them

as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.

3I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task.

Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger,

and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”

4Hear the noise on the mountains!

Listen, as the vast armies march!

It is the noise and shouting of many nations.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.

5They come from distant countries,

from beyond the farthest horizons.

They are the Lord’s weapons to carry out his anger.

With them he will destroy the whole land.

6Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived—

the time for the Almighty to destroy.

7Every arm is paralyzed with fear.

Every heart melts,

8and people are terrified.

Pangs of anguish grip them,

like those of a woman in labor.

They look helplessly at one another,

their faces aflame with fear.

9For see, the day of the Lord is coming—

the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.

The land will be made desolate,

and all the sinners destroyed with it.

10The heavens will be black above them;

the stars will give no light.

The sun will be dark when it rises,

and the moon will provide no light.

11“I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil

and the wicked for their sin.

I will crush the arrogance of the proud

and humble the pride of the mighty.

12I will make people scarcer than gold—

more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.

13For I will shake the heavens.

The earth will move from its place

when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath

in the day of his fierce anger.”

14Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd.

They will try to find their own people

and flee to their own land.

15Anyone who is captured will be cut down—

run through with a sword.

16Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes.

Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.

17“Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon.

They cannot be tempted by silver

or bribed with gold.

18The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.

They will have no mercy on helpless babies

and will show no compassion for children.”

19Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms,

the flower of Chaldean pride,

will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah

when God destroyed them.

20Babylon will never be inhabited again.

It will remain empty for generation after generation.

Nomads will refuse to camp there,

and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.

21Desert animals will move into the ruined city,

and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures.

Owls will live among the ruins,

and wild goats will go there to dance.

22Hyenas will howl in its fortresses,

and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces.

Babylon’s days are numbered;

its time of destruction will soon arrive.

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