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Prophecies about Babylon
The 1Aoracle concerning BBabylon which CIsaiah the son of Amoz saw.
ALift up a standard on the 1Bbare hill,
Raise your voice to them,
CWave the hand that they may Denter the doors of the nobles.
I have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have even called My Amighty warriors,
My proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger.
A Asound of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound of the uproar of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
The Loʀᴅ of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
They are coming from a far country,
From the 1Afarthest horizons,
The Loʀᴅ and His instruments of Bindignation,
To Cdestroy the whole land.
Judgment on the Day of the Loʀᴅ
Wail, for the Aday of the Loʀᴅ is near!
It will come as Bdestruction from 1the Almighty.
Therefore Aall hands will fall limp,
And every man’s Bheart will melt.
They will be Aterrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will Bwrithe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
Behold, Athe day of the Loʀᴅ is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
10 For the Astars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The Bsun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.
11 Thus I will Apunish the world for its evil
And the Bwicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the Carrogance of the proud
And abase the Dhaughtiness of the 1Eruthless.
12 I will make mortal man 1Ascarcer than pure gold
And mankind than the Bgold of Ophir.
13  Therefore I will make the Aheavens tremble,
And Bthe earth will be shaken from its place
At the fury of the Loʀᴅ of hosts
In Cthe day of His burning anger.
14 And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
Or like Asheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.
15  Anyone who is found will be Athrust through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16 Their Alittle ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
 
Babylon Will Fall to the Medes
17  Behold, I am going to Astir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or Btake pleasure in gold.
18 And their bows will 1mow down the Ayoung men,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their Beye pity 2children.
19 And ABabylon, the Bbeauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God Coverthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will Anever be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the BArab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
21 But Adesert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of 1owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and 2shaggy goats will frolic there.
22  1Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers
And jackals in their luxurious Apalaces.
Her fateful time also 2will soon come
And her days will not be prolonged.
1 13:1 Or burden of A 13:1 Is 14:28; 15:1 B 13:1 Is 13:19; 14:4; 47:1-15; Jer 24:1; 50:1-51:64; Matt 1:11; Rev 14:8 C 13:1 Is 1:1 A 13:2 Is 5:26; Jer 50:2 1 13:2 Or wind-swept mountain B 13:2 Jer 51:25 C 13:2 Is 10:32; 19:16 D 13:2 Is 45:1-3; Jer 51:58 A 13:3 Joel 3:11 A 13:4 Is 5:30; 17:12; Joel 3:14 1 13:5 Lit end of heaven A 13:5 Is 5:26; 7:18 B 13:5 Is 10:5 C 13:5 Is 24:1 A 13:6 Is 2:12; 10:3; 13:9; 34:2, 8; 61:2; Ezek 30:3; Amos 5:18; Zeph 1:7 B 13:6 Is 10:25; 14:23; Joel 1:15 1 13:6 Heb Shaddai A 13:7 Ezek 7:17 B 13:7 Is 19:1; Ezek 21:7; Nah 2:10 A 13:8 2 Kin 19:26; Is 21:3; Jer 46:5 B 13:8 Is 26:17; Jer 4:31; John 16:21 A 13:9 Is 13:6 A 13:10 Is 5:30; Ezek 32:7; Joel 2:10; Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Rev 6:13; 8:12 B 13:10 Is 24:23; 50:3; Ezek 32:7; Acts 2:20; Rev 6:12 A 13:11 Is 26:21 B 13:11 Is 3:11; 11:4; 14:5 C 13:11 Is 2:11; 23:9; Dan 5:22, 23 D 13:11 Jer 48:29 1 13:11 Or tyrants, despots E 13:11 Is 25:3; 29:5, 20 1 13:12 Lit more precious A 13:12 Is 4:1; 6:11, 12 B 13:12 1 Kin 9:28; Job 28:16; Ps 45:9 A 13:13 Is 34:4; 51:6 B 13:13 Ps 18:7; Is 2:19; 24:1, 19, 20; Hag 2:6 C 13:13 Lam 1:12 A 13:14 1 Kin 22:17; Matt 9:36; Mark 6:34; 1 Pet 2:25 A 13:15 Is 14:19; Jer 50:25; 51:3, 4 A 13:16 Ps 137:8, 9; Is 13:18; 14:21; Hos 10:14; Nah 3:10 A 13:17 Jer 51:11; Dan 5:28 B 13:17 Prov 6:34, 35 1 13:18 Lit dash in pieces A 13:18 2 Kin 8:12; 2 Chr 36:17 B 13:18 Ezek 9:5, 10 2 13:18 Lit sons A 13:19 Is 21:9; 48:14 B 13:19 Dan 4:30; Rev 18:11-16, 19, 21 C 13:19 Gen 19:24; Deut 29:23; Jer 49:18; Amos 4:11 A 13:20 Is 14:23; 34:10-15; Jer 51:37-43 B 13:20 2 Chr 17:11 A 13:21 Is 34:11-15; Zeph 2:14; Rev 18:2 1 13:21 Or howling creatures 2 13:21 Or goat demons 1 13:22 Or howling creatures A 13:22 Is 25:2; 32:14; 34:13 2 13:22 Lit is near to come