Isaiah 13

1The burdenH4853 of BabylonH894, which IsaiahH3470 the sonH1121 of AmozH531 sawH2372. 2LiftH5375 up a banner upon a bareH8192 mountainH2022, raiseH7311 the voiceH6963 unto them, shake the handH3027, that they may enter the gates of the noblesH5081. 3I have commandedH6680 my hallowed onesH1368, I have alsoH1571 calledH7121 my mightyH1368 menH1368 for mine angerH639, them that rejoice in my highness. 4The noise of a multitudeH1995 on the mountainsH2022, as of a greatH7227 peopleH5971; a tumultuous noise of the kingdomsH4467 of nationsH1471 assembled together: Jehovah of hostsH6635 mustereth the hostH6635 of the battleH4421. 5They comeH935 from a far country, from the endH7097 of the heavensH8064 — Jehovah, and the weaponsH3627 of his indignationH2195 — to destroy the whole landH776. 6Howl, for the dayH3117 of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destructionH7701 from the AlmightyH7706. 7ThereforeH3651 shall all handsH3027 be feeble, and every heartH3824 of man shall meltH4549, 8and they shall be terrifiedH926: pangs and sorrows shall takeH270 holdH270 of them, they shall writheH2342 as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed oneH376 at another, their facesH6440 shall be as flamesH3851. 9Behold, the dayH3117 of Jehovah cometh, cruelH394 both with wrathH5678 and fierce angerH639, to lay the earthH776 desolate; and he will destroyH8045 the sinnersH2400 thereof out of it. 10For the starsH3556 of the heavensH8064 and the constellations thereof shall not give their lightH216; the sunH8121 shall be darkened in his goingH3318 forthH3318, and the moonH3394 shall not cause her lightH216 to shineH5050. 11And I will punishH6485 the worldH8398 for evilH7451, and the wickedH7563 for their iniquityH5771; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to ceaseH7673, and will bringH8213 lowH8213 the haughtinessH1346 of the violent. 12I will makeH3365 a manH120 more preciousH3365 than fine goldH3800, even manH120 than the goldH3800 of OphirH211. 13ThereforeH3651 I will make the heavensH8064 to shakeH7493, and the earthH776 shall be removed out of her placeH4725, at the wrathH5678 of Jehovah of hostsH6635, and in the dayH3117 of his fierce angerH639. 14And it shall beH1961 as with a chased roe, and as with a flockH6629 that no manH376 gathereth togetherH6908; every oneH376 shall turnH6437 to his own peopleH5971, and every oneH376 fleeH5127 into his own landH776. 15All that are foundH4672 shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fallH5307 by the swordH2719. 16And their infants shall be dashedH7376 in pieces before their eyesH5869, their housesH1004 shall be rifled, and their womenH802 ravished. 17Behold, I will stirH5782 up the Medes against them, who do not regard silverH3701, and as for goldH2091, they have no delightH2654 in it. 18And [their] bowsH7198 shall dashH7376 the youngH5288 menH5288 to pieces, and they shall have no pityH2347 on the fruitH6529 of the wombH990: their eyeH5869 shall not spare children. 19And BabylonH894, the gloryH8597 of kingdomsH4467, the beautyH8597 of the Chaldeans' prideH1347, shall beH1961 as when 1GodH430 overthrew SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017. 20It shall never be inhabitedH3427, neither shall it be dweltH3427 in, even to generationH1755 and generationH1755; nor shall Arabian pitch tentH167 there, nor shepherdsH7462 make fold there. 21But beasts of the desert shall lieH7257 there, and their housesH1004 shall be fullH4390 of owls; and ostrichesH3284 shall dwellH7931 there, and wild goatsH8163 shall dance there. 22And jackalsH8577 shall cry to one another in their palacesH1964, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her timeH6256 is near to comeH935, and her daysH3117 shall not be prolongedH4900.