Isaiah 13 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. ^[2] Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. ^[3] I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones. ^[4] The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle. ^[5] They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. ^[6] Wail, for Yahweh’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. ^[7] Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. ^[8] They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame. ^[9] Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. ^[10] For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. ^[11] I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the arrogance of the terrible. ^[12] I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir. ^[13] Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger. ^[14] It will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land. ^[15] Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword. ^[16] Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped. ^[17] Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it. ^[18] Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children. ^[19] Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. ^[20] It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there. ^[21] But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there. ^[22] Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.

King James Version

^[1] The burdenH4853 of Babylon,H894 which IsaiahH3470 the sonH1121 of AmozH531 did see.H2372(QalPerf) ^[2] Lift ye upH5375(QalImpv) a bannerH5251 upon the highH8192(NiphPtc) mountain,H2022 exaltH7311(HiphImpv) the voiceH6963 unto them, shakeH5130(HiphImpv) the hand,H3027 that they may goH935(QalImpf) into the gatesH6607 of the nobles.H5081 ^[3] I have commandedH6680(PielPerf) my sanctified ones,H6942(PualPtc) I have also calledH7121(QalPerf) my mighty onesH1368 for mine anger,H639 [even] them that rejoiceH5947 in my highness.H1346 ^[4] The noiseH6963 of a multitudeH1995 in the mountains,H2022 like asH1823 of a greatH7227 people;H5971 a tumultuousH7588 noiseH6963 of the kingdomsH4467 of nationsH1471 gathered together:H622(NiphPtc) the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 musterethH6485(PielPtc) the hostH6635 of the battle.H4421 ^[5] They comeH935(QalActPtc) from a farH4801 country,H776 from the endH7097 of heaven,H8064 [even] the Lord,H3068 and the weaponsH3627 of his indignation,H2195 to destroyH2254(PielInf) the whole land.H776 ^[6] HowlH3213(HiphImpv) ye; for the dayH3117 of the LordH3068 [is] at hand;H7138 it shall comeH935(QalImpf) as a destructionH7701 from the Almighty.H7706 ^[7] Therefore shall all handsH3027 be faint,H7503(QalImpf) and every man’sH582 heartH3824 shall melt:H4549(NiphImpf) ^[8] And they shall be afraid:H926(NiphPerf) pangsH6735 and sorrowsH2256 shall take holdH270(QalImpf) of them; they shall be in painH2342(QalImpf) as a woman that travaileth:H3205(QalActPtc) they shall be amazedH8539(QalImpf) oneH376 at another;H7453 their facesH6440 [shall be as] flames.H3851 ^[9] Behold, the dayH3117 of the LordH3068 cometh,H935(QalPerf) cruelH394 both with wrathH5678 and fierceH2740 anger,H639 to layH7760(QalInf) the landH776 desolate:H8047 and he shall destroyH8045(HiphImpf) the sinnersH2400 thereof out of it. ^[10] For the starsH3556 of heavenH8064 and the constellationsH3685 thereof shall not giveH1984(HiphImpf) their light:H216 the sunH8121 shall be darkenedH2821(QalPerf) in his going forth,H3318(QalInf) and the moonH3394 shall not cause her lightH216 to shine.H5050(HiphImpf) ^[11] And I will punishH6485(QalPerf) the worldH8398 for [their] evil,H7451 and the wickedH7563 for their iniquity;H5771 and I will cause the arrogancyH1347 of the proudH2086 to cease,H7673(HiphPerf) and will lay lowH8213(HiphImpf) the haughtinessH1346 of the terrible.H6184 ^[12] I will make a manH582 more preciousH3365(HiphImpf) than fine gold;H6337 even a manH120 than the golden wedgeH3800 of Ophir.H211 ^[13] Therefore I will shakeH7264(HiphImpf) the heavens,H8064 and the earthH776 shall removeH7493(QalImpf) out of her place,H4725 in the wrathH5678 of the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 and in the dayH3117 of his fierceH2740 anger.H639 ^[14] And it shall be as the chasedH5080(HophPtc) roe,H6643 and as a sheepH6629 that no man taketh up:H6908(PielPtc) they shall every manH376 turnH6437(QalImpf) to his own people,H5971 and fleeH5127(QalImpf) every oneH376 into his own land.H776 ^[15] Every one that is foundH4672(NiphPtc) shall be thrust through;H1856(NiphImpf) and every one that is joinedH5595(NiphPtc) [unto them] shall fallH5307(QalImpf) by the sword.H2719 ^[16] Their childrenH5768 also shall be dashed to piecesH7376(PualImpf) before their eyes;H5869 their housesH1004 shall be spoiled,H8155(NiphImpf) and their wivesH802 ravished.H7901(NiphImpf/Qere) ^[17] Behold, I will stir upH5782(HiphPtc) the MedesH4074 against them, which shall not regardH2803(QalImpf) silver;H3701 and [as for] gold,H2091 they shall not delightH2654(QalImpf) in it. ^[18] [Their] bowsH7198 also shall dashH7376 the young menH5288 to pieces;H7376(PielImpf) and they shall have no pityH7355(PielImpf) on the fruitH6529 of the womb;H990 their eyeH5869 shall not spareH2347(QalImpf) children.H1121 ^[19] And Babylon,H894 the gloryH6643 of kingdoms,H4467 the beautyH8597 of the Chaldees’H3778 excellency,H1347 shall be as when GodH430 overthrewH4114 SodomH5467 and Gomorrah.H6017 ^[20] It shall neverH5331 be inhabited,H3427(QalImpf) neither shall it be dweltH7931(QalImpf) in from generationH1755 to generation:H1755 neither shall the ArabianH6163 pitch tentH167(PielImpf) there; neither shall the shepherdsH7462(QalActPtc) make their foldH7257(HiphImpf) there. ^[21] But wild beasts of the desertH6728 shall lieH7257(QalPerf) there; and their housesH1004 shall be fullH4390(QalPerf) of doleful creatures;H255 and owlsH1323 shall dwellH7931(QalPerf) there, and satyrsH8163 shall danceH7540(PielImpf) there. ^[22] And the wild beasts of the islandsH338 shall cryH6030(QalPerf) in their desolate houses,H490 and dragonsH8577 in [their] pleasantH6027 palaces:H1964 and her timeH6256 [is] nearH7138 to come,H935(QalInf) and her daysH3117 shall not be prolonged.H4900(NiphImpf)

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