Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 13:2-22

2RaiseH5375 a bannerH5251 onH5921 a barrenH8192 hilltopH2022; callH7311 aloudH6963 to them. WaveH5130 your handH3027, that they may enterH935 the gatesH6607 of the noblesH5081.3IH589 have commandedH6680 My sanctified onesH6942; I have evenH1571 summonedH7121 My warriorsH1368 to execute My wrathH639 and exultH5947 in My triumphH1346.4ListenH6963, a tumultH1995 on the mountainsH2022, like thatH1823 of a greatH7227 multitudeH5971! ListenH6963, an uproarH7588 among the kingdomsH4467, like nationsH1471 gathered togetherH622! The LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 is mobilizingH6485 an armyH6635 for warH4421.5They are comingH935 from farawayH4801 landsH776, from the endsH7097 of the heavensH8064— the LORDH3068 and the weaponsH3627 of His wrathH2195— to destroyH2254 the wholeH3605 countryH776.

6WailH3213, forH3588 the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068 is nearH7138;it will comeH935 as destructionH7701 from the AlmightyH7706.17ThereforeH5921 H3651 allH3605 handsH3027 will fall limpH7503,and everyH3605 man’sH582 heartH3824 will meltH4549.8TerrorH926, painH6735, and anguishH2256 will seize themH270;they will writheH2342 like a woman in laborH3205.They will look atH413 oneH376 anotherH7453,their facesH6440 flushedH3851 H6440 with fearH8539.

9BeholdH2009, the DayH3117 of the LORDH3068 is comingH935—cruelH394, with furyH5678 and burning angerH2740 H639—to makeH7760 the earthH776 a desolationH8047and to destroyH8045 the sinnersH2400 within itH4480.10ForH3588 the starsH3556 of heavenH8064 and their constellationsH3685will notH3808 giveH1984 their lightH216.The risingH3318 sunH8121 will be darkenedH2821,and the moonH3394 will notH3808 giveH5050 its lightH216.11I will punishH6485 the worldH8398 for its evilH7451andH5921 the wickedH7563 for their iniquityH5771.I will endH7673 the haughtinessH1347 of the arrogantH2086and lay lowH8213 the prideH1346 of the ruthlessH6184.12I will make manH582 scarcerH3365 than pure goldH6337,and mankindH120 rarer than the goldH3800 of OphirH211.

13ThereforeH5921 H3651 I will make the heavensH8064 trembleH7264,and the earthH776 will be shakenH7493 from its placeH4725at the wrathH5678 of the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635on the dayH3117 of His burning angerH2740 H639.14 Like a huntedH5080 gazelleH6643,like a sheepH6629 withoutH369 a shepherdH6908,eachH376 will returnH6437 toH413 his own peopleH5971,eachH376 will fleeH5127 toH413 his native landH776.15WhoeverH3605 is caughtH4672 will be stabbedH1856,and whoeverH3605 is capturedH5595 will dieH5307 by the swordH2719.

16Their infantsH5768 will be dashed to piecesH7376before their eyesH5869,their housesH1004 will be lootedH8155,and their wivesH802 will be ravishedH7693.17BeholdH2005, I will stir upH5782 against themH5921 the MedesH4074 ,whoH834 have noH3808 regardH2803 for silverH3701and noH3808 desireH2654 for goldH2091.18Their bowsH7198 will dash young menH5288 to piecesH7376;they will have noH3808 mercyH7355 on the fruitH6529 of the wombH990;they will notH3808 look with pityH2347 H5869 onH5921 the childrenH1121.19And BabylonH894, the jewelH6643 of the kingdomsH4467,the gloryH8597 of the prideH1347 of the ChaldeansH3778,will beH1961 overthrownH4114 by GodH430 like SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017.

20She will neverH3808 H5331 be inhabitedH3427orH3808 settledH7931 fromH5704 generationH1755 to generationH1755;noH3808 nomadH6163 will pitch his tentH167 thereH8033,noH3808 shepherdH7462 will rest his flockH7257 thereH8033.21But desert creaturesH6728 will lie downH7257 thereH8033,and howling creaturesH255 will fillH4390 her housesH1004.OstrichesH1323 H3284 2 will dwellH7931 thereH8033,and wild goatsH8163 will leap aboutH7540 H8033.22HyenasH338 will howlH6030 in her fortressesH490and jackalsH8577 3 in her luxuriousH6027 palacesH1964.Babylon’s timeH6256 is at handH7138 H935,and her daysH3117 will notH3808 be prolongedH4900.

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