Isaiah 13
Prophecies About Babylon
1The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Raise your voice to them,
Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.
I have even called My mighty warriors,
My proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger.
Like that of many people!
A sound of the uproar of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
From the farthest horizons,
The LORD and His instruments of indignation,
To destroy the whole land.
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
And every man’s heart will melt.
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
Will not flash forth their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud
And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
And mankind than the gold of Ophir.
And the earth will be shaken from its place
At the fury of the LORD of hosts
In the day of His burning anger.
Or like sheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their eye pity children.
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
And their houses will be full of owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there.
And jackals in their luxurious palaces.
Her fateful time also will soon come
And her days will not be prolonged.