Isaiah 13

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1. 1The burden concerning Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2. 2Raise a banner on the high mountain, call out to them, wave your hand so they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3. 3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, those who rejoice in my majesty.
4. 4Listen to the noise of a multitude in the mountains, like a great people; a tumultuous noise of kingdoms and nations gathered together. The LORD of hosts is mustering an army for battle.
5. 5They are coming from a distant land, from the far edge of the heavens — the LORD and the weapons of his indignation — to destroy the entire land.
6. 6Howl, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7. 7Therefore, every hand will become weak, and every man's heart will melt.
8. 8They will be afraid; pangs and sorrows will seize them, and they will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will be amazed at one another, and their faces will be like flames.
9. 9Look, the day of the LORD is coming, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land desolate. He will destroy the sinners from it.
10. 10The stars and constellations in the heavens will stop shining. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will give no light.
11. 11I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud cease, and will bring down the haughtiness of the ruthless.
12. 12"I will make people scarcer than fine gold — rarer than the pure gold of Ophir."
13. 13"So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will be jolted out of its place by the wrath of the LORD of hosts on the day of his fierce anger."
14. 14It will be like a hunted gazelle, and like a sheep that no one gathers: each person will turn to their own people, and everyone will flee to their own land.
15. 15Everyone who is found will be run through, and everyone who is joined to them will fall by the sword.
16. 16Their infants will be smashed to pieces before their eyes. Their homes will be looted, and their wives violated.
17. 17"Watch — I am stirring up the Medes against them. Silver means nothing to them, and gold holds no appeal."
18. 18Their bows will shatter the young men, and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not spare the children.
19. 19Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20. 20No one will ever live there again. It will remain empty from generation to generation. No nomad will set up camp there, and no shepherd will rest their flocks there.
21. 21But wild beasts of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of mournful creatures; and owls will live there, and goat-demons will dance there.
22. 22And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.