Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon

21 The (A)oracle concerning the wilderness of (B)the sea.

(C)As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
    it comes from the wilderness,
    from a terrible land.

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42 (A)The sea has come up on Babylon;
    she is covered with its tumultuous waves.

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The Judgment of Babylon

13 The oracle concerning (A)Babylon which (B)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

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The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and (A)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
(B)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and will march forth in (C)the whirlwinds (D)of the south.

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23 “And I will make it a possession of the (A)hedgehog,[a] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:23 Possibly porcupine, or owl

An Oracle Concerning Damascus

17 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Damascus.

Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
    and will become a heap of ruins.

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20 (A)It will never be inhabited
    or lived in for all generations;
no (B)Arab will pitch his tent there;
    no (C)shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
21 But (D)wild animals will lie down there,
    and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there (E)ostriches[a] will dwell,
    and there wild goats will dance.
22 Hyenas[b] will cry in its towers,
    and (F)jackals in (G)the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
    and its days will not be prolonged.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:21 Or owls
  2. Isaiah 13:22 Or foxes

40 (A)“At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack[a] him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him (B)like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall come into countries and (C)shall overflow and pass through.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 11:40 Hebrew thrust at

12 (A)Foreigners, (B)the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. (C)On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all (D)the ravines of the land, and (E)all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.

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11 He and his people with him, (A)the most ruthless of nations,
    shall be brought in to destroy the land,
(B)and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.

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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
    who have no regard for silver
    and do not delight in gold.
18 (B)Their bows will slaughter[a] the young men;
    they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
    their eyes will not pity children.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces

The sound (A)of a tumult is on the mountains
    as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
    of nations gathering together!
(B)The Lord of hosts is mustering
    a host for battle.
(C)They come from a distant land,
    from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
    to destroy the whole land.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:5 Or earth; also verse 9

From (A)its chamber (B)comes the whirlwind,
    and (C)cold from the scattering winds.

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