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A Judgment against Babylon
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
The Judgment of Babylon
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
On a bare hill raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for them to enter
the gates of the nobles.
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for them to enter
the gates of the nobles.
I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
The noise of a multitude on the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled together: Jehovah of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
The sound of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens -- Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation -- to destroy the whole land.
Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,
Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt.
and every human heart will melt.
and they shall be terrified: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall writhe as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as flames.
They will be dismayed:
pangs and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
pangs and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the earth desolate; and he will destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and to destroy its sinners from it.
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and to destroy its sinners from it.
For the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.
I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
I will make people more rare than fine gold,
and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
in the day of his fierce anger.
and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
in the day of his fierce anger.
And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land.
And like a hunted gazelle,
or like sheep with none to gather them,
each will turn to his own people,
and each will flee to his own land.
or like sheep with none to gather them,
each will turn to his own people,
and each will flee to his own land.
All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.
Whoever is found will be thrust through,
and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
Their infants will be dashed in pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives ravished.
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives ravished.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
And [their] bows shall dash the young men to pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb: their eye shall not spare children.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no Arab will pitch his tent there;
no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
or lived in for all generations;
no Arab will pitch his tent there;
no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.