Isaiah 13:6-14:3
New International Version
6 Wail,(A) for the day(B) of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction(C) from the Almighty.[a](D)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,(E)
every heart will melt with fear.(F)
8 Terror(G) will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip(H) them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.(I)
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.(J)
9 See, the day(K) of the Lord is coming
—a cruel(L) day, with wrath(M) and fierce anger(N)—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.(O)
The rising sun(P) will be darkened(Q)
and the moon will not give its light.(R)
11 I will punish(S) the world for its evil,
the wicked(T) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty(U)
and will humble(V) the pride of the ruthless.(W)
12 I will make people(X) scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.(Y)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(Z)
and the earth will shake(AA) from its place
at the wrath(AB) of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.(AC)
14 Like a hunted(AD) gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,(AE)
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee(AF) to their native land.(AG)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall(AH) by the sword.(AI)
16 Their infants(AJ) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(AK)
17 See, I will stir up(AL) against them the Medes,(AM)
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.(AN)
18 Their bows(AO) will strike down the young men;(AP)
they will have no mercy(AQ) on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.(AR)
19 Babylon,(AS) the jewel of kingdoms,(AT)
the pride and glory(AU) of the Babylonians,[b]
will be overthrown(AV) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(AW)
20 She will never be inhabited(AX)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(AY) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(AZ) will lie there,
jackals(BA) will fill her houses;
there the owls(BB) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(BC) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(BD) will inhabit her strongholds,(BE)
jackals(BF) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(BG)
and her days will not be prolonged.(BH)
14 The Lord will have compassion(BI) on Jacob;
once again he will choose(BJ) Israel
and will settle them in their own land.(BK)
Foreigners(BL) will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2 Nations will take them
and bring(BM) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(BN)
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(BO) of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.(BP)
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief(BQ) from your suffering and turmoil(BR) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(BS)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
Joel 2:31-32
New International Version
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(A)
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(B)
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord(C) will be saved;(D)
for on Mount Zion(E) and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,(F)
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors(G)
whom the Lord calls.[a](H)
Footnotes
- Joel 2:32 In Hebrew texts 2:28-32 is numbered 3:1-5.
Obadiah 15
New International Version
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