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World English Bible

Isaiah 13 (WEBP)

[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 13 (KJVS)

[1] The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. ()
[2] Lift ye up () a banner upon the high () mountain, exalt () the voice unto them, shake () the hand, that they may go () into the gates of the nobles.
[3] I have commanded () my sanctified ones, () I have also called () my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
[4] The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: () the Lord of hosts mustereth () the host of the battle.
[5] They come () from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy () the whole land.
[6] Howl () ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come () as a destruction from the Almighty.
[7] Therefore shall all hands be faint, () and every man’s heart shall melt: ()
[8] and they shall be afraid: () pangs and sorrows shall take hold () of them; they shall be in pain () as a woman that travaileth: () they shall be amazed () one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
[9] Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, () cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay () the land desolate: and he shall destroy () the sinners thereof out of it.
[10] For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give () their light: the sun shall be darkened () in his going forth, () and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. ()
[11] And I will punish () the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, () and will lay low () the haughtiness of the terrible.
[12] I will make a man more precious () than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
[13] Therefore I will shake () the heavens, and the earth shall remove () out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
[14] And it shall be as the chased () roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: () they shall every man turn () to his own people, and flee () every one into his own land.
[15] Every one that is found () shall be thrust through; () and every one that is joined () unto them shall fall () by the sword.
[16] Their children also shall be dashed to pieces () before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, () and their wives ravished. () () ()
[17] Behold, I will stir up () the Medes against them, which shall not regard () silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight () in it.
[18] Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; () and they shall have no pity () on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare () children.
[19] And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
[20] It shall never be inhabited, () neither shall it be dwelt () in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent () there; neither shall the shepherds () make their fold () there.
[21] But wild beasts of the desert shall lie () there; and their houses shall be full () of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell () there, and satyrs shall dance () there.
[22] And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry () in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, () and her days shall not be prolonged. ()

Isaiah 13:4 Heb. the likeness of
Isaiah 13:7 Or, fall down
Isaiah 13:8a Heb. wonder
Isaiah 13:8b Heb. every man at his neighbor
Isaiah 13:8c Heb. faces of the flames
Isaiah 13:21 Heb. ziim
Isaiah 13:22a Heb. Zim
Isaiah 13:22b Or, palaces

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 13 (BYZ)

[1] Ὅρασις, () ἣν () εἶδεν () Ησαιας () υἱὸς () Αμως () κατὰ () Βαβυλῶνος. ()
[2] Ἐπ’ () ὄρους () πεδινοῦ () ἄρατε () σημεῖον, () ὑψώσατε () τὴν () φωνὴν () αὐτοῖς, () μὴ () φοβεῖσθε, παρακαλεῖτε () τῇ () χειρί () Ἀνοίξατε, () οἱ () ἄρχοντες. ()
[3] Ἐγὼ () συντάσσω, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἄγω () αὐτούς· () ἡγιασμένοι () εἰσίν, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἄγω () αὐτούς· () γίγαντες ἔρχονται () πληρῶσαι () τὸν () θυμόν () μου () χαίροντες () ἅμα () καὶ () ὑβρίζοντες. ()
[4] Φωνὴ () ἐθνῶν () πολλῶν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () ὀρέων () ὁμοία () ἐθνῶν () πολλῶν, () φωνὴ () βασιλέων () καὶ () ἐθνῶν () συνηγμένων. () Κύριος () σαβαωθ () ἐντέταλται () ἔθνει () ὁπλομάχῳ
[5] ἔρχεσθαι () ἐκ () γῆς () πόρρωθεν () ἀπ’ () ἄκρου () θεμελίου () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () κύριος () καὶ () οἱ () ὁπλομάχοι αὐτοῦ, () τοῦ () καταφθεῖραι () τὴν () οἰκουμένην () ὅλην. ()
[6] Ὀλολύζετε, () ἐγγὺς () γὰρ () ἡ () ἡμέρα () κυρίου, () καὶ () συντριβὴ παρὰ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἥξει. ()
[7] Διὰ () τοῦτο () πᾶσα () χεὶρ () ἐκλυθήσεται, () καὶ () πᾶσα () ψυχὴ () ἀνθρώπου () δειλιάσει· ()
[8] καὶ () ταραχθήσονται () οἱ () πρέσβεις, καὶ () ὠδῖνες () αὐτοὺς () ἕξουσιν () ὡς () γυναικὸς () τικτούσης· () καὶ () συμφοράσουσιν ἕτερος () πρὸς () τὸν () ἕτερον () καὶ () ἐκστήσονται () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῶν () ὡς () φλὸξ () μεταβαλοῦσιν. ()
[9] Ἰδοὺ () γὰρ () ἡμέρα () κυρίου () ἀνίατος ἔρχεται () θυμοῦ () καὶ () ὀργῆς () θεῖναι () τὴν () οἰκουμένην () ὅλην () ἔρημον () καὶ () τοὺς () ἁμαρτωλοὺς () ἀπολέσαι () ἐξ () αὐτῆς. ()
[10] Οἱ () γὰρ () ἀστέρες () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () ὁ () Ὠρίων καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () κόσμος () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () τὸ () φῶς () οὐ () δώσουσιν, () καὶ () σκοτισθήσεται () τοῦ () ἡλίου () ἀνατέλλοντος, () καὶ () ἡ () σελήνη () οὐ () δώσει () τὸ () φῶς () αὐτῆς. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐντελοῦμαι () τῇ () οἰκουμένῃ () ὅλῃ () κακὰ () καὶ () τοῖς () ἀσεβέσιν () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () ἀπολῶ () ὕβριν () ἀνόμων () καὶ () ὕβριν () ὑπερηφάνων () ταπεινώσω. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἔσονται () οἱ () καταλελειμμένοι () ἔντιμοι () μᾶλλον () ἢ () τὸ () χρυσίον () τὸ () ἄπυρον, καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () μᾶλλον () ἔντιμος () ἔσται () ἢ () ὁ () λίθος () ὁ () ἐκ () Σουφιρ.
[13] Ὁ () γὰρ () οὐρανὸς () θυμωθήσεται () καὶ () ἡ () γῆ () σεισθήσεται () ἐκ () τῶν () θεμελίων () αὐτῆς () διὰ () θυμὸν () ὀργῆς () κυρίου () σαβαωθ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () ᾗ () ἂν () ἐπέλθῃ () ὁ () θυμὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἔσονται () οἱ () καταλελειμμένοι () ὡς () δορκάδιον φεῦγον () καὶ () ὡς () πρόβατον () πλανώμενον, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται () ὁ () συνάγων, () ὥστε () ἄνθρωπον () εἰς () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἀποστραφῆναι () καὶ () ἄνθρωπον () εἰς () τὴν () χώραν () αὐτοῦ () διῶξαι. ()
[15] Ὃς () γὰρ () ἂν () ἁλῷ, ἡττηθήσεται, καὶ () οἵτινες () συνηγμένοι () εἰσίν, () μαχαίρᾳ () πεσοῦνται· ()
[16] καὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () αὐτῶν () ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν () ῥάξουσιν καὶ () τὰς () οἰκίας () αὐτῶν () προνομεύσουσιν καὶ () τὰς () γυναῖκας () αὐτῶν () ἕξουσιν. ()
[17] Ἰδοὺ () ἐπεγείρω () ὑμῖν () τοὺς () Μήδους, οἳ () οὐ () λογίζονται () ἀργύριον () οὐδὲ () χρυσίου () χρείαν () ἔχουσιν. ()
[18] Τοξεύματα νεανίσκων () συντρίψουσιν () καὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () ὑμῶν () οὐ () μὴ () ἐλεήσωσιν, () οὐδὲ () ἐπὶ () τοῖς () τέκνοις () οὐ () φείσονται () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () αὐτῶν. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἔσται () Βαβυλών, () ἣ () καλεῖται () ἔνδοξος () ὑπὸ () βασιλέως () Χαλδαίων, ὃν () τρόπον () κατέστρεψεν () ὁ () θεὸς () Σοδομα () καὶ () Γομορρα· ()
[20] οὐ () κατοικηθήσεται () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () χρόνον, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () εἰσέλθωσιν () εἰς () αὐτὴν () διὰ () πολλῶν () γενεῶν, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () διέλθωσιν () αὐτὴν () Ἄραβες, () οὐδὲ () ποιμένες () οὐ () μὴ () ἀναπαύσωνται () ἐν () αὐτῇ· ()
[21] καὶ () ἀναπαύσονται () ἐκεῖ () θηρία, () καὶ () ἐμπλησθήσονται αἱ () οἰκίαι () ἤχου, () καὶ () ἀναπαύσονται () ἐκεῖ () σειρῆνες, καὶ () δαιμόνια () ἐκεῖ () ὀρχήσονται, ()
[22] καὶ () ὀνοκένταυροι ἐκεῖ () κατοικήσουσιν, () καὶ () νοσσοποιήσουσιν ἐχῖνοι ἐν () τοῖς () οἴκοις () αὐτῶν· () ταχὺ () ἔρχεται () καὶ () οὐ () χρονιεῖ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.