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The Judgment of Babylon
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# Chapter 13
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1. The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
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2. On a bare hill raise a signal;
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cry aloud to them;
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wave the hand for them to enter
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the gates of the nobles.
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3. I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
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and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
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my proudly exulting ones.
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4. The sound of a tumult is on the mountains
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as of a great multitude!
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The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
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of nations gathering together!
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The LORD of hosts is mustering
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a host for battle.
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5. They come from a distant land,
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from the end of the heavens,
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the LORD and the weapons of his indignation,
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to destroy the whole land.
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6. Wail, for the day of the LORD is near;
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as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
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7. Therefore all hands will be feeble,
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and every human heart will melt.
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8. They will be dismayed:
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pangs 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 aghast at one another;
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their faces will be aflame.
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9. Behold, the day of the LORD comes,
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cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
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to make the land a desolation
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and to destroy its sinners from it.
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10. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
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will not give their light;
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the sun will be dark at its rising,
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and the moon will not shed its light.
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11. I will punish the world for its evil,
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and the wicked for their iniquity;
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I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
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and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
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12. I will make people more rare than fine gold,
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and mankind 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 be shaken out of its place,
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at the wrath of the LORD of hosts
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in the day of his fierce anger.
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14. And like a hunted gazelle,
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or like sheep with none to gather them,
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each will turn to his own people,
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and each will flee to his own land.
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15. Whoever is found will be thrust through,
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and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
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16. Their infants will be dashed in pieces
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before their eyes;
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their houses will be plundered
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and their wives ravished.
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17. Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
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who have no regard for silver
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and do not delight in gold.
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18. Their bows will slaughter the young men;
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they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
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their eyes will not pity children.
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19. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
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the splendor and pomp 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 for all generations;
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no Arab will pitch his tent there;
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no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
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21. But wild animals will lie down there,
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and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
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there ostriches will dwell,
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and there wild goats will dance.
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22. Hyenas will cry in its towers,
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and jackals in the pleasant palaces;
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its time is close at hand
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and its days will not be prolonged.
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