Isaiah 13
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An Oracle against Babylon
1An oracle # Is 14:28; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1,11,13; 22:1; 23:1; 30:6 against Babylon # Is 13:19; 14:4; 47:1-15; Jr 24:1; 50:1–51:64; Mt 1:11; Rv 14:8 that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. # Is 5:26; Jr 50:2
Call out to them.
Wave your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded My chosen ones;
I have also called My warriors,
who exult in My triumph,
to execute My wrath. # Ps 78:21,50; Ezk 5:15; 20:8
4Listen, a tumult on the mountains,
like that of a mighty people!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations being gathered together!
The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5They are coming from a far land,
from the distant horizon —
the Lord and the weapons of His wrath —
to destroy the whole country. # Or earth
6Wail! For the day of the Lord is near. # Is 2:12; 10:3; 13:9; 34:2,8; 61:2; Ezk 30:3; Am 5:18; Zph 1:7
It will come like destruction from the Almighty. # Is 10:25; 14:23; Jl 1:15
7Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,
and every man’s heart will melt.
8They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. # Is 26:17; Jr 4:31; Jn 16:21
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
9Look, the day # Mt 25:13 of the Lord is coming —
cruel, with rage and burning anger —
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy the sinners on it. # Dt 32:43
10Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations # Or Orions
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine. # Is 34:4; Mt 24:29; Mk 13:24-25; Lk 21:26; Rv 8:12
11I will bring disaster on the world,
and their own iniquity, # Jr 23:2; 36:31; 44:29 on the wicked.
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant # Is 2:11; 23:9; Dn 5:22-23
and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
12I will make man scarcer than gold,
and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir. # 1Kg 9:28; Jb 28:16; Ps 45:9
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
and the earth will shake from its foundations # Ps 18:7; Is 2:19; 24:1,19-20; Hg 2:6
at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts,
on the day of His burning anger.
14Like wandering gazelles
and like sheep without a shepherd, # 1Kg 22:17; Mt 9:36; Mk 6:34; 1Pt 2:25
each one will turn to his own people,
each one will flee to his own land.
15Whoever is found will be stabbed,
and whoever is caught will die by the sword.
16Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes; # Ps 137:8-9; Is 13:18; 14:21; Hs 10:14; Nah 3:10
their houses will be looted,
and their wives raped.
17Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, # Jr 51:11; Dn 5:28
who cannot be bought off with # Lit who have no regard for silver
and who have no desire for gold.
18Their bows will cut young men to pieces.
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.
19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them. # Gn 19:24; Jr 14:18; 50:40; Am 4:11
20It will never be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation; # Is 14:23; 34:10-15; Jr 51:37-43
a nomad will not pitch his tent there,
and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
21But desert creatures will lie down there,
and owls will fill the houses.
Ostriches will dwell there,
and wild goats will leap about. # Is 34:11-15; Zph 2:14; Rv 18:2
22Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.
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Isaiah 13
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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.
6 #
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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