Isaiah:13

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* A prophecy concerning Babylon , which Isaiah , the son of Amoz , saw . * Upon the bare mountain lift up a banner ; Cry aloud to them , wave the hand , That they may enter the gates of the tyrants ! * I have given orders to my consecrated ones , Yea , I have called upon my mighty ones to execute mine anger , My proud exulters ! * The noise of a multitude upon the mountains , like that of a great people ! The tumultuous noise of kingdoms , of nations gathered together ! Jehovah of hosts mustereth his army for battle . * They come from a distant country , From the end of Heaven , Jehovah and the instruments of his indignation . To lay waste the whole land . * Howl ye , for the day of Jehovah is at hand ! Like a destruction from the Almighty , it cometh ; * Therefore shall all hands hang down , And every heart of man shall melt . * They shall be in consternation ; Distress and anguish shall lay hold of them ; As a woman in travail shall they writhe ; They shall look upon one another with amazement : Their faces shall glow like flames . * Behold ! the day of Jehovah cometh , Terrible , full of wrath and burning indignation , To make the land a waste , And to destroy the sinners out of it . * For the stars of heaven , and the constellations thereof , Shall not give their light ; The sun shall be darkened at his going forth , And the moon shall withhold her light . * For I will punish the world for its guilt , And the wicked for their iniquity . I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud , And I will bring down the haughtiness of the tyrants . * I will make men scarcer than gold ; Yea , men than the gold of Ophir . * Therefore I will make the heavens tremble , And the earth shall be shaken out of her place , In the anger of Jehovah of hosts , In the day of his burning indignation . * Then shall they be like a chased doe ; Like a flock , which no one gathereth together ; Every one shall turn to his own people , And every one flee to his own land . * Every one that is overtaken shall be thrust through , And every one that is caught shall fall by the sword . * Their children shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes ; Their houses shall be plundered , and their wives ravished . * Behold , I stir up against them the Medes , Who make no account of silver , And as to gold , they do not regard it . * Their bows shall strike down the young men , And on the fruit of the womb they shall have no compassion ; Their eye shall not pity the children . * So shall Babylon , the glory of kingdoms , The proud ornament of the Chaldeans , Be like Sodom and Gomorrah , which God overthrew , * It shall never more be inhabited ; Nor shall it be dwelt in through all generations . Nor shall the Arabian pitch his tent there , Nor shall shepherds make their folds there . * But there shall the wild beasts of the desert lodge , And owls shall fill their houses ; And ostriches shall dwell there , And satyrs shall dance there . * Wolves shall howl in their palaces , And jackals in their pleasant edifices . Her time is near , And her days shall not be prolonged .

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