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# Chapter 13
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1 A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
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2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.
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Call out to them.
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Signal with your hand, and they will go
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through the gates of the nobles.
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3 I have commanded my consecrated ones;
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yes, I have called my warriors,
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who celebrate my triumph,
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to execute my wrath.
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4 Listen, a commotion on the mountains,
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like that of a mighty people!
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Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
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like nations being gathered together!
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The Lord of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.
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5 They are coming from a distant land,
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from the farthest horizon—
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the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—
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to destroy the whole country.
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6 Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
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It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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7 Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,
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and every man will lose heart.
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8 They will be horrified;
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pain and agony will seize them;
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they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
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They will look at each other,
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their faces flushed with fear.
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9 Look, the day of the Lord is coming—
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cruel, with fury and burning anger—
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to make the earth a desolation
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and to destroy its sinners.
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10 Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations
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will not give their light.
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The sun will be dark when it rises,
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and the moon will not shine.
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11 I will punish the world for its evil,
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and wicked people for their iniquities.
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I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant
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and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
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12 I will make a human more scarce than fine gold,
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and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
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13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
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and the earth will shake from its foundations
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at the wrath of the Lord of Armies,
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on the day of his burning anger.
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14 Like wandering gazelles
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and like sheep without a shepherd,
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each one will turn to his own people,
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each one will flee to his own land.
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15 Whoever is found will be stabbed,
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and whoever is caught will die by the sword.
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16 Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
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their houses will be looted,
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and their wives raped.
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17 Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,
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who cannot be bought off with silver
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and who have no desire for gold.
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18 Their bows will cut young men to pieces.
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They will have no compassion on offspring;
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they will not look with pity on children.
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19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
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the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
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will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
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when God overthrew them.
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20 It will never be inhabited
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or lived in from generation to generation;
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a nomad will not pitch his tent there,
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and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
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21 But desert creatures will lie down there,
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and owls will fill the houses.
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Ostriches will dwell there,
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and wild goats will leap about.
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22 Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
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and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
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Babylon’s time is almost up;
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her days are almost over. |