Isaiah 13
13
Babylon falls
1An oracle about Babylon, which Isaiah, Amoz’s son, saw.
2On a bare mountain raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave a hand;
let them enter the officials’ gates.
3I have commanded my holy ones;
I have called my warriors,
my proud, jubilant ones,
to execute my wrath.
4Listen!#13.4 Heb lacks Listen! A roar on the mountains like that of a great crowd.
Listen! An uproar of kingdoms,
of nations coming together.
The LORD of heavenly forces is mustering an army for battle.
5They are coming from a distant land,
from the faraway heavens,
the LORD and the instruments of his fury, to destroy the whole land.
6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near.
Like destruction from the Almighty#13.6 Heb Shaddai or Mountain One it will come.
7Then all hands will fall limp;
every human heart will melt,
8and they will be terrified.
Like a woman writhing in labor,
they will be seized by spasms and agony.
They will look at each other aghast,
their faces blazing.
9Look, the day of the LORD is coming with cruel rage and burning anger,
making the earth a ruin,
and wiping out its sinners.
10Heaven’s stars and constellations won’t show their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises;
the moon will no longer shine.
11I will bring disaster upon the world for its evil,
and bring their own sin upon the wicked.
I will end the pride of the insolent,
and the conceit of tyrants I will lay low.
12I will make humans scarcer than fine gold;
people rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13I will rattle the heavens;
the earth will shake loose from its place—because of the rage
of the LORD of heavenly forces
on the day his anger burns.
14They will be like hunted gazelles, like sheep without a shepherd;
all will turn to their own people
and flee to their own lands.
15Whoever is found will be stabbed;
whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
16Their infants will be crushed before their eyes;
their houses plundered, their women raped.
17Look! I’m rousing the Medes against them;
the Medes pay no mind to silver, no desire for gold.
18Their bows will smash youths;
they will be merciless to newborns, pitiless to children.
19So Babylon, a jewel among kingdoms,
the Chaldeans’ splendor and pride,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah,
destroyed by God.
20No one will ever resettle
or live there for generations.
No Arab will camp there;
no shepherds will rest flocks there.
21Wildcats will rest there;
houses will be filled with owls.
Ostriches will live there,
and goat demons will dance there.
22Hyenas will howl in its strongholds,
and jackals in its luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s#13.22 Heb Its time is coming soon;
its days won’t drag on.
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Isaiah 13
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1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones. 4The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle. 5They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6Wail, for Yahweh’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. 7Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. 8They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame. 9Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. 10For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. 11I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the arrogance of the terrible. 12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir. 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14It will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land. 15Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword. 16Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 18Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children. 19Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there. 21But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there. 22Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
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