Isaiah 13:6-14

6Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.

7Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,

8and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.

9For see, the day of the Lord is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it.

10The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.

11“I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty.

12I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.

13For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”

14Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land.