Isaiah 13:1-10

New King James Version

² “Lift^(B) up a banner ^(C)on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
^(D)Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
³ I have commanded My ^[b]sanctified ones;
I have also called ^(E)My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who ^(F)rejoice in My exaltation.”

⁴ The ^(G)noise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
⁵ They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The ^(H)Lord and His ^[c]weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole ^(I)land.

⁶ Wail, ^(J)for the day of the Lord is at hand!
^(K)It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
⁷ Therefore all hands will be limp,
Every man’s heart will melt,
⁸ And they will be afraid.
^(L)Pangs^[d] and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.

⁹ Behold, ^(M)the day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy ^(N)its sinners from it.
¹⁰ For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be ^(O)darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.