Isaiah 13:1-10

A Prophecy Against Babylon 1A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.

3I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.

4Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war.

5They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.

6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Hebrew Shaddai

7Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.

8Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

9See, the day of the LORD is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.

10The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.