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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:
“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 on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
Raise your voice to them;
Wave your 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.”
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 that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for 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.
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.
Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Every arm is paralyzed with fear.
Every heart melts,
Every heart melts,
Therefore all hands will be limp,
Every man’s heart will melt,
Every man’s heart will 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.
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 comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy its sinners from it.
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy its sinners from 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 their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Will not give their light;
The sun will be darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its 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.
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 mortal more rare than fine gold,
A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.
A man more 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 will move out of her place,
In the wrath of the Lord of hosts
And in the day of His fierce anger.
And the earth will move 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.
Anyone who is captured will be cut down —
run through with a sword.
run through with a sword.
Everyone who is found will be thrust through,
And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
And everyone who is captured will 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 will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
Their houses will be plundered
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.
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.”
Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will 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,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will 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 will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds 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.
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.
The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
Her time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
Her time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”