Isaiah 13:9-22

9Behold, 1the day of the Lord is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.10For the 2stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The 3sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.11Thus I will 4punish the world for its evil And the 5wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the 6arrogance of the proud And abase the 7haughtiness of the 89ruthless.12I will make mortal man 1011scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the 12gold of Ophir.13Therefore I will make the 13heavens tremble, And 14the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the Lord of hosts In 15the day of His burning anger.14And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or like 16sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.15Anyone who is found will be 17thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.16Their 18little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.

17Behold, I am going to 19stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or 20take pleasure in gold.18And their bows will 21mow down the 22young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their 23eye pity 24children.19And 25Babylon, the 26beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God 27overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.20It will 28never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the 29Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.21But 30desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of 31owls; Ostriches also will live there, and 32shaggy goats will frolic there.2233Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious 34palaces. Her fateful time also 35will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.