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The burden[H4853] of Babylon[H894], which Isaiah[H3470] the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531] did see[H2372].
2
Lift ye up[H5375] a banner[H5251] upon the high[H8192]mountain[H2022], exalt[H7311] the voice[H6963] unto them, shake[H5130] the hand[H3027], that they may go[H935] into the gates[H6607] of the nobles[H5081].
3
I have commanded[H6680] my sanctified ones[H6942], I have also called[H7121] my mighty ones[H1368] for mine anger[H639], even them that rejoice[H5947] in my highness[H1346].
4
The noise[H6963] of a multitude[H1995] in the mountains[H2022], like as[H1823] of a great[H7227]people[H5971]; a tumultuous[H7588]noise[H6963] of the kingdoms[H4467] of nations[H1471] gathered together[H622]: the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]mustereth[H6485] the host[H6635] of the battle[H4421].
5
They come[H935] from a far[H4801]country[H776], from the end[H7097] of heaven[H8064], even the LORD[H3068], and the weapons[H3627] of his indignation[H2195], to destroy[H2254] the whole land[H776].
6Howl[H3213] ye; for the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068] is at hand[H7138]; it shall come[H935] as a destruction[H7701] from the Almighty[H7706].
7
Therefore shall all hands[H3027] be faint[H7503], and every man's heart[H3824] shall melt[H4549]:
8
And they shall be afraid[H926]: pangs[H6735] and sorrows[H2256] shall take hold[H270] of them; they shall be in pain[H2342] as a woman that travaileth[H3205]: they shall be amazed[H8539]one[H376] at another[H7453]; their faces[H6440] shall be as flames[H3851].
9
Behold, the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068]cometh[H935], cruel[H394] both with wrath[H5678] and fierce[H2740]anger[H639], to lay[H7760] the land[H776]desolate[H8047]: and he shall destroy[H8045] the sinners[H2400] thereof out of it.
10
For the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064] and the constellations[H3685] thereof shall not give[H1984] their light[H216]: the sun[H8121] shall be darkened[H2821] in his going forth[H3318], and the moon[H3394] shall not cause her light[H216] to shine[H5050].
11
And I will punish[H6485] the world[H8398] for their evil[H7451], and the wicked[H7563] for their iniquity[H5771]; and I will cause the arrogancy[H1347] of the proud[H2086] to cease[H7673], and will lay low[H8213] the haughtiness[H1346] of the terrible[H6184].
12
I will make a man[H582] more precious[H3365] than fine gold[H6337]; even a man[H120] than the golden wedge[H3800] of Ophir[H211].
13
Therefore I will shake[H7264] the heavens[H8064], and the earth[H776] shall remove[H7493] out of her place[H4725], in the wrath[H5678] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and in the day[H3117] of his fierce[H2740]anger[H639].
14
And it shall be as the chased[H5080]roe[H6643], and as a sheep[H6629] that no man[H376] taketh up[H6908]: they shall every man[H376]turn[H6437] to his own people[H5971], and flee[H5127] every one[H376] into his own land[H776].
15
Every one that is found[H4672] shall be thrust through[H1856]; and every one that is joined[H5595] unto them shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719].
16
Their children[H5768] also shall be dashed to pieces[H7376] before their eyes[H5869]; their houses[H1004] shall be spoiled[H8155], and their wives[H802]ravished[H7901].
17
Behold, I will stir up[H5782] the Medes[H4074] against them, which shall not regard[H2803]silver[H3701]; and as for gold[H2091], they shall not delight[H2654] in it.
18
Their bows[H7198] also shall dash[H7376] the young men[H5288] to pieces[H7376]; and they shall have no pity[H7355] on the fruit[H6529] of the womb[H990]; their eye[H5869] shall not spare[H2347]children[H1121].
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And Babylon[H894], the glory[H6643] of kingdoms[H4467], the beauty[H8597] of the Chaldees[H3778]' excellency[H1347], shall be as when God[H430]overthrew[H4114]Sodom[H5467] and Gomorrah[H6017].
20
It shall never[H5331] be inhabited[H3427], neither shall it be dwelt[H7931] in from generation[H1755] to generation[H1755]: neither shall the Arabian[H6163] pitch tent[H167] there; neither shall the shepherds[H7462] make their fold[H7257] there.
21
But wild beasts of the desert[H6728] shall lie[H7257] there; and their houses[H1004] shall be full[H4390] of doleful creatures[H255]; and owls[H1323] shall dwell[H7931] there, and satyrs[H8163] shall dance[H7540] there.
22
And the wild beasts of the islands[H338] shall cry[H6030] in their desolate houses[H490], and dragons[H8577] in their pleasant[H6027]palaces[H1964]: and her time[H6256] is near[H7138] to come[H935], and her days[H3117] shall not be prolonged[H4900].