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
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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