Isaiah 13
Legacy Standard Bible
An Oracle Concerning Babylon
13 The [a](A)oracle concerning (B)Babylon which (C)Isaiah the son of Amoz beheld.
2 (D)Lift up a standard on the [b](E)bare hill,
Heighten your voice at them,
(F)Wave the hand that they may (G)enter the doors of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My set apart ones,
I have even called My (H)mighty warriors,
My [c]proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger.
4 A (I)sound of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound of the rumbling of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
Yahweh of hosts is mustering the host for battle.
5 They are coming from a far country,
From the (J)end of the sky,
Yahweh and His instruments of (K)indignation,
To (L)wreak destruction on the whole land.
6 Wail, for the (M)day of Yahweh is near!
It will come as (N)destruction from [d]the Almighty.
7 Therefore (O)all hands will fall limp,
And every man’s (P)heart will melt.
8 They will be (Q)terrified,
Pains and labor pangs will take hold of them;
They will (R)writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
9 Behold, (S)the day of Yahweh is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
10 For the (T)stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The (U)sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.
11 Thus I will (V)punish the world for its evil
And the (W)wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the (X)pride of the arrogant
And bring low the (Y)lofty pride of the [e](Z)ruthless.
12 I will make mortal man [f](AA)scarcer than fine gold
And mankind than the (AB)gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the (AC)heavens tremble,
And (AD)the earth will be shaken from its place
At the fury of Yahweh of hosts
In (AE)the day of His burning anger.
14 And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
Or like (AF)sheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.
15 Anyone who is found will be (AG)pierced through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16 Their (AH)infants also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I am going to (AI)awaken the Medes against them,
Who will not think about silver or (AJ)take pleasure in gold.
18 And their bows will dash the (AK)young men to pieces,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their (AL)eye pity [g]children.
19 And it will be that (AM)Babylon, the (AN)beauty of kingdoms, the [h]honor of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God (AO)overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will (AP)never be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation;
Nor will the [i](AQ)Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
21 But (AR)desert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of [j]owls;
Ostriches also will dwell there, and [k]shaggy goats will leap there.
22 [l]And hyenas will howl in their fortified towers
And jackals in their luxurious (AS)palaces.
Her fateful time also [m]will soon come
And her days will not be prolonged.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:1 Or burden of
- Isaiah 13:2 Or wind-swept mountain
- Isaiah 13:3 Lit lofty pride, cf. 13:11
- Isaiah 13:6 Heb Shaddai
- Isaiah 13:11 Or tyrants, despots
- Isaiah 13:12 Lit more precious
- Isaiah 13:18 Lit sons
- Isaiah 13:19 Lit beautiful glory
- Isaiah 13:20 Or nomad
- Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 13:21 Or goat demons
- Isaiah 13:22 Or howling creatures
- Isaiah 13:22 Lit is near to come
Isaiah 13
American Standard Version
13 The [a]burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
2 Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even [b]my proudly exulting ones. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6 Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from [c]the Almighty shall it come. 7 Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt: 8 and they shall be dismayed; [d]pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. 9 Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to 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 its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its 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 rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall come to pass, that as the chased [e]roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is [f]taken shall fall by the sword. 16 Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 18 And their bows shall dash the young men in 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 Chaldeans’ pride, 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 shepherds make their flocks to lie down there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there. 22 And [g]wolves shall [h]cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:1 Or, oracle concerning
- Isaiah 13:3 Or, them that exult in my majesty
- Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai. See Gen. 17:1.
- Isaiah 13:8 Or, they shall take hold of pangs and sorrows.
- Isaiah 13:14 Or, gazelle
- Isaiah 13:15 Or, joined thereunto
- Isaiah 13:22 Hebrew howling creatures.
- Isaiah 13:22 Or, answer
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