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  13:1 ¶
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. |
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13:1 ¶
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. |
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13:2
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. |
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13:2
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. |
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13:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness. |
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13:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness. |
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13:4
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: Yahweh Sabaoth mustereth the host of the battle. |
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13:4
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. |
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13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. |
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13:5
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. |
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13:6 ¶
Howl ye; for the day of Yahweh [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from Shaddai. |
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13:6 ¶
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. |
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13:7
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: |
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13:7
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: |
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13:8
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. |
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13:8
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. |
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13:9
Behold, the day of Yahweh cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. |
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13:9
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. |
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13:10
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. |
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13:10
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. |
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13:11
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. |
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13:11
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. |
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13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. |
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13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. |
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13:13
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of Yahweh Sabaoth, and in the day of his fierce anger. |
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13:13
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. |
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13:14
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. |
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13:14
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. |
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13:15
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword. |
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13:15
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword. |
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13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. |
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13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. |
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13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it. |
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13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it. |
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13:18
[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. |
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13:18
[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. |
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13:19 ¶
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when Elohim overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. |
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13:19 ¶
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. |
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13:20
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. |
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13:20
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. |
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13:21
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. |
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13:21
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. |
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13:22
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. |
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13:22
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. |
