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A Message about Babylon
Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:
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.
“Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.
Call up an army against Babylon.
Wave your hand to encourage them
as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
Call up an army against Babylon.
Wave your hand to encourage them
as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
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.
I, the LORD, have dedicated these soldiers for this task.
Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger,
and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger,
and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
Hear the noise on the mountains!
Listen, as the vast armies march!
It is the noise and shouting of many nations.
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.
Listen, as the vast armies march!
It is the noise and shouting of many nations.
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.
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.
They come from distant countries,
from beyond the farthest horizons.
They are the LORD’s weapons to carry out his anger.
With them he will destroy the whole land.
from beyond the farthest horizons.
They are the LORD’s weapons to carry out his anger.
With them he will destroy the whole land.
They come from a far country, from the end of the heavens -- Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation -- to destroy the whole land.
Scream in terror, for the day of the LORD has arrived —
the time for the Almighty to destroy.
the time for the Almighty to destroy.
Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
Every arm is paralyzed with fear.
Every heart melts,
Every heart melts,
Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt,
and people are terrified.
Pangs of anguish grip them,
like those of a woman in labor.
They look helplessly at one another,
their faces aflame with fear.
Pangs of anguish grip them,
like those of a woman in labor.
They look helplessly at one another,
their faces aflame with fear.
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.
For see, the day of the LORD is coming —
the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
The land will be made desolate,
and all the sinners destroyed with it.
the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
The land will be made desolate,
and all the sinners destroyed with it.
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.
The heavens will be black above them;
the stars will give no light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will provide no light.
the stars will give no light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will provide no light.
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.
“I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their sin.
I will crush the arrogance of the proud
and humble the pride of the mighty.
and the wicked for their sin.
I will crush the arrogance of the proud
and humble the pride of the mighty.
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 make people scarcer than gold —
more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir.
For I will shake the heavens.
The earth will move from its place
when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath
in the day of his fierce anger.”
The earth will move from its place
when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath
in the day of his fierce anger.”
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.
Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd.
They will try to find their own people
and flee to their own land.
like sheep without a shepherd.
They will try to find their own people
and flee to their own land.
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.
Anyone who is captured will be cut down —
run through with a sword.
run through with a sword.
All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.
Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes.
Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
“Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon.
They cannot be tempted by silver
or bribed with gold.
They cannot be tempted by silver
or bribed with gold.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who do not regard silver, and as for gold, they have no delight in it.
The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
They will have no mercy on helpless babies
and will show no compassion for children.”
They will have no mercy on helpless babies
and will show no compassion for children.”
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.
Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms,
the flower of Chaldean pride,
will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God destroyed them.
the flower of Chaldean pride,
will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God destroyed them.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babylon will never be inhabited again.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.
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.
Desert animals will move into the ruined city,
and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures.
Owls will live among the ruins,
and wild goats will go there to dance.
and the houses will be haunted by howling creatures.
Owls will live among the ruins,
and wild goats will go there to dance.
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.
Hyenas will howl in its fortresses,
and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s days are numbered;
its time of destruction will soon arrive.
and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s days are numbered;
its time of destruction will soon arrive.
And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.