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A Prophecy Against Babylon
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah 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.
Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of the nobles.
shout to them;
beckon to them
to 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 those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath —
those who rejoice in my triumph.
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath —
those who rejoice in my triumph.
Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty is mustering
an army for war.
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty is mustering
an army for war.
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 faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens —
the Lord and the weapons of his wrath —
to destroy the whole country.
from the ends of the heavens —
the Lord and the weapons of his wrath —
to destroy the whole country.
Because of this, all hands will go limp,
every heart will melt with fear.
every heart will melt with fear.
Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt.
and every human heart will melt.
Terror will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.
pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.
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.
See, the day of the Lord is coming
— a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger —
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
— a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger —
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within 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.
The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
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.
I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
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 people scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.
more rare 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 tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning 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.
Like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee to their native land.
like sheep without a shepherd,
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee to their native 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.
Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall by the sword.
all who are caught will 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.
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
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.
See, I will stir up against them the Medes,
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.
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.
Their bows will strike down the young men;
they will have no mercy on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.
they will have no mercy on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.
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.
She will never be inhabited
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
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 desert creatures will lie there,
jackals will fill her houses;
there the owls will dwell,
and there the wild goats will leap about.
jackals will fill her houses;
there the owls will dwell,
and there the wild goats will leap about.