Isaiah 13
1. The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see * .
2. Lift ye up * a banner upon the high * mountain, exalt * the voice unto them, shake * the hand, that they may go * into the gates of the nobles.
3. I have commanded * my sanctified ones * , I have also called * my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
4. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together * : the LORD of hosts mustereth * the host of the battle.
5. They come * from a far country,from the end of heaven, even the LORD,and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy * the whole land.
6. Howl * ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come * as a destruction from the Almighty.
7. Therefore shall all hands be faint * , and every man's heart shall melt * :
8. And they shall be afraid * : pangs and sorrows shall take hold * of them; they shall be in pain * as a woman that travaileth * : they shall be amazed * one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh * , cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay * the land desolate: and he shall 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 his going forth * , and the moon shall not cause her 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 precious * than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13. Therefore I will shake * the heavens,and the earth shall remove * out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14. And it shall be as the chased * roe,and as a sheep that no man taketh up * : they shall every man turn * to his own people, and flee * every one into his own land.
15. Every one that is found * shall be thrust through * ; and every one that is joined * unto them shall fall * by the sword.
16. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces * before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled * , and their wives ravished * .
17. Behold, I will stir up * the Medes against them, which shall not regard * silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight * in it.
18. Their bows also shall dash * the young men to 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 Chaldees' excellency,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 the shepherds * make their fold * there.
21. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie * there; and their houses shall be full * of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell * there, and satyrs shall dance * there.
22. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry * in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come * , and her days shall not be prolonged * .
