Proclamation Against Babylon
1 The aburden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2 “Lifta up a banner bon the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
cWave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
Raise your voice to them;
cWave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My1 sanctified ones;
I have also called aMy mighty ones for My anger—
Those who brejoice in My exaltation.”
I have also called aMy mighty ones for My anger—
Those who brejoice in My exaltation.”
4 The anoise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
5 They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The aLord and His weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole bland.
From the end of heaven—
The aLord and His weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole bland.
8 And they will be afraid.
aPangs1 and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
aPangs1 and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
9 Behold, athe day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy bits sinners from it.
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy bits sinners from it.
10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be adarkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Will not give their light;
The sun will be adarkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
11 “I will apunish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
bI will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the1 terrible.
And the wicked for their iniquity;
bI will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the1 terrible.
13 aTherefore I will shake the heavens,
And the earth will move out of her place,
In the wrath of the Lord of hosts
And in bthe day of His fierce anger.
And the earth will move out of her place,
In the wrath of the Lord of hosts
And in bthe day of His fierce anger.
14 It shall be as the hunted gazelle,
And as a sheep that no man1 takes up;
aEvery man will turn to his own people,
And everyone will flee to his own land.
And as a sheep that no man1 takes up;
aEvery man will turn to his own people,
And everyone will flee to his own land.
15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through,
And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16 Their children also will be adashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives bravished.
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives bravished.
17 “Behold,a I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not1 regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.
Who will not1 regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.
18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
19 aAnd Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah.
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah.
20 aIt will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.
21 aBut wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of1 owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
And their houses will be full of1 owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
aHer time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
aHer time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for Isaiah 13:1:
Amoz {Nave's Topical Bible}
Babylon {Forerunner Commentary}
Babylon {Nave's Topical Bible}
Babylon {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Burden {Forerunner Commentary}
Burden {Nave's Topical Bible}
Isaiah {Forerunner Commentary}
Isaiah {Nave's Topical Bible}
Saw {Nave's Topical Bible}
Son {Nave's Topical Bible}
Other topical entries containing Isaiah 13:1:
Babylon {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
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