| 章 |
| 13:1 |
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
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| 13:2 |
On a bare hill raise a signal, cry aloud to them;wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
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| 13:3 |
I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger, my proudly exulting ones.
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| 13:4 |
Hark, a tumult on the mountains as of a great multitude! Hark, an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
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| 13:5 |
They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth.
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| 13:6 |
Wail, for the day of the LORD is near;as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
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| 13:7 |
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt,
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| 13:8 |
and they will be dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them;they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. They will look aghast at one another;their faces will be aflame.
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| 13:9 |
Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.
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| 13:10 |
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light;the sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.
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| 13:11 |
I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
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| 13:12 |
I will make men more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
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| 13:13 |
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, at the wrath of the LORD of hosts in the day of his fierce anger.
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| 13:14 |
And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, every man will turn to his own people, and every man will flee to his own land.
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| 13:15 |
Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
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| 13:16 |
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes;their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
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| 13:17 |
Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
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| 13:18 |
Their bows will slaughter the young men;they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;their eyes will not pity children.
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| 13:19 |
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chalde'ans, will be like Sodom and Gomor'rah when God overthrew them.
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| 13:20 |
It will never be inhabited or dwelt in for all generations;no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
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| 13:21 |
But wild beasts will lie down there, and its houses will be full of howling creatures;there ostriches will dwell, and there satyrs will dance.
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| 13:22 |
Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces;its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged.
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