13:1 The
oracle
concerning
Babylon
which
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
saw.
13:2 On
a
bare
hill
raise
a
signal;
cry
aloud
to
them;
wave
the
hand
for
them
to
enter
the
gates
of
the
nobles.
13:3 I
myself
have
commanded
my
consecrated
ones,
and
have
summoned
my
mighty
men
to
execute
my
anger,
my
proudly
exulting
ones.
13:4 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.
13:5 They
come
from
a
distant
land,
from
the
end
of
the
heavens,
the
LORD
and
the
weapons
of
his
indignation,
to
destroy
the
whole
land.
13:6 Wail,
for
the
day
of
the
LORD
is
near;
as
destruction
from
the
Almighty
it
will
come!
13:7 Therefore
all
hands
will
be
feeble,
and
every
human
heart
will
melt.
13:8 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.
13:9 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.
13:10 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.
13:11 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.
13:12 I
will
make
people
more
rare
than
fine
gold,
and
mankind
than
the
gold
of
Ophir.
13:13 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.
13:14 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.
13:15 Whoever
is
found
will
be
thrust
through,
and
whoever
is
caught
will
fall
by
the
sword.
13:16 Their
infants
will
be
dashed
in
pieces
before
their
eyes;
their
houses
will
be
plundered
and
their
wives
ravished.
13:17 Behold,
I
am
stirring
up
the
Medes
against
them,
who
have
no
regard
for
silver
and
do
not
delight
in
gold.
13:18 Their
bows
will
slaughter
the
young
men;
they
will
have
no
mercy
on
the
fruit
of
the
womb;
their
eyes
will
not
pity
children.
13:19 And
Babylon,
the
glory
of
kingdoms,
the
splendor
and
pomp
of
the
Chaldeans,
will
be
like
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
when
God
overthrew
them.
13:20 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.
13:21 But
wild
animals
will
lie
down
there,
and
their
houses
will
be
full
of
howling
creatures;
there
ostriches
will
dwell,
and
there
wild
goats
will
dance.
13:22 Hyenas
will
cry
in
its
towers,
and
jackals
in
the
pleasant
palaces;
its
time
is
close
at
hand
and
its
days
will
not
be
prolonged.
