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 their light; The 3sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.11So I will 4punish the world for its evil And the 5wicked for their wrongdoing; I will also put an end to the 6audacity of the proud And humiliate the 7arrogance of the 89tyrants.12I will make mortal man 10scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the 11gold of Ophir.13Therefore I will make the 12heavens tremble, And 13the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the Lord of armies In 14the day of His burning anger.14And it will be that, like a hunted gazelle, Or like 15sheep with no one to gather them, Each of them will turn to his own people, And each of them will flee to his own land.15Anyone who is found will be 16thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.16Their 17little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives raped.

17Behold, I am going to 18stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or 19take pleasure in gold.18And their bows will 20mow down the 21young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their 22eye pity 23children.19And 24Babylon, the 25beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride, Will be as when God 26overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.20It will 27never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the 28Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds allow their flocks to lie down there.21But 29desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of 30owls; Ostriches also will live there, and 31shaggy goats will frolic there.2232Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious 33palaces. Her fateful time also 34will soon come, And her days will not be prolonged.