Isaiah 13
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 13:17-22

17BeholdH2009, I am going to 1stirH5782 up the MedesH4074 againstH5921 them, WhoH834 will not valueH2803 silverH3701 or 2takeH2654 pleasureH2654 in goldH2091.18And their bowsH7198 will 3mowH7376 downH7376 the 4youngH5288 menH5288, They will not even haveH7355 compassionH7355 on the fruitH6529 of the wombH990, Nor will their 5eyeH5869 pityH2347 6childrenH1121.19And 7BabylonH894, the 8beautyH6643 of kingdomsH4467, the gloryH8597 of the Chaldeans’H3778 prideH1347, Will be as when GodH430 9overthrewH4114 SodomH5467 and GomorrahH6017.20It will 10neverH3808H5331 be inhabitedH3427 or livedH7931 in from generationH1755 to generationH1755; NorH3808 will the 11ArabH6163 pitchH167 his tentH167 thereH8033, NorH3808 will shepherdsH7462 make their flocks lieH7257 downH7257 thereH8033.21But 12desertH6716 creaturesH6716 will lieH7257 downH7257 thereH8033, And their housesH1004 will be fullH4390 of 13owlsH255; OstrichesH3284 also will liveH7931 thereH8033, and 14shaggyH8163 goatsH8163 will frolicH7540 thereH8033.2215HyenasH338 will howlH6031 in their fortifiedH490 towers And jackalsH8565 in their luxuriousH6027 16palacesH1964. Her fateful timeH6256 also 17will soonH7138 comeH935 And her daysH3117 will not be prolongedH4900.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 13:17 Jer 51:11; Dan 5:28 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 13:17 Prov 6:34, 35 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 13:18 Lit dash in pieces ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 13:18 2 Kin 8:12; 2 Chr 36:17 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 13:18 Ezek 9:5, 10 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 13:18 Lit sons ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 13:19 Is 21:9; 48:14 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 13:19 Dan 4:30; Rev 18:11-16, 19, 21 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 13:19 Gen 19:24; Deut 29:23; Jer 49:18; Amos 4:11 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 13:20 Is 14:23; 34:10-15; Jer 51:37-43 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 13:20 2 Chr 17:11 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 13:21 Is 34:11-15; Zeph 2:14; Rev 18:2 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 13:21 Or howling creatures ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 13:21 Or goat demons ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 13:22 Or howling creatures ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 13:22 Is 25:2; 32:14; 34:13 ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 13:22 Lit is near to come ↩

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