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13 : 1 The oracle concerningBabylon whichIsaiah the son of Amoz saw.
13 : 2 On a bare hillraise a signal;cry aloud to them;wave the hand forthem to enterthe 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 soundof a tumult is on the mountainsas of a great multitude!The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,of nations gathering together!TheLordof hosts is musteringa host for battle.
13 : 5 They come from a distant land,from the end of the heavens,theLordand the weapons of his indignation,to destroy the whole land.
13 : 6 Wail, forthe day of theLordis near;as destruction from the Almightyit will come!
13 : 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,and every human heartwill 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 theLordcomes,cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,to make the land a desolationandto destroy its sinners from it.
13 : 10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellationswill not give their light;the sun will be dark at its rising,and the moon will not shed its light.
13 : 11 I will punishthe world for its evil,and the wicked for their iniquity;I willput an end to the pomp of the arrogant,and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
13 : 12 I will makepeople more rare than fine gold,and mankind than thegold of Ophir.
13 : 13 ThereforeI will make the heavens tremble,and the earth will be shaken out of its place,at the wrath of theLordof hostsin 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 piecesbefore their eyes;their houses will be plunderedand their wives ravished.
13 : 17 Behold,I am stirring up the Medes against them,who have no regard for silverand do not delight in gold.
13 : 18 Their bows will slaughterthe 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 belike Sodom and Gomorrahwhen God overthrew them.
13 : 20 It will never be inhabitedor lived in for all generations;noArab will pitch his tent there;noshepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
13 : 21 Butwild animals will lie down there,and their houses will be full of howling creatures;thereostricheswill dwell,and there wild goats will dance.
13 : 22 Hyenaswill cry in its towers,andjackals inthe pleasant palaces;its time is close at handand its days will not be prolonged.