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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 did see.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
“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 ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into 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 sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even 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 in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD 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 heaven, even the LORD, 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 ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Every arm is paralyzed with fear.
Every heart melts,
Every heart melts,
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart 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 afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain 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 the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall 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 heaven 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 their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
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 a man than the golden wedge 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 shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD 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 the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Anyone who is captured will be cut down —
run through with a sword.
run through with a sword.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto 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.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives 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, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not 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.”
Their bows also 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 Chaldees' excellency, 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 from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their 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 wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs 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 the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.