The Burden against Babylon 1 UEB A declaration about Babylon, that Isaiah son of Amoz received: BSB BSB: This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
2 UEB On the bare mountain set up a signal flag, cry aloud to them, wave your hand for them to go into the gates of the nobles. BSB BSB: Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3 UEB I have commanded my holy ones, yes, I have called my mighty men to execute my anger, even my proudly exulting ones. BSB BSB: I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
4 UEB The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of many people! The noise of a tumult of the kingdoms like many nations gathered together! Yahweh of hosts is mustering the army for the battle. BSB BSB: Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5 UEB They come from a far country, from way over the horizon. It is Yahweh with his instruments of judgment, to destroy the whole land. BSB BSB: They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
6 UEB Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. BSB BSB: Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7 UEB Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts. BSB BSB: Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8 UEB They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame. BSB BSB: Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
9 UEB See, the day of Yahweh comes with cruel wrath and overflowing anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy the sinners from it. BSB BSB: Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
10 UEB The stars of heaven and the constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened even from dawn, and the moon will not shine. BSB BSB: For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
11 UEB I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless. BSB BSB: I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
12 UEB I will make men more rare than fine gold and mankind harder to find than the pure gold of Ophir. BSB BSB: I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13 UEB Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, by the fury of Yahweh of hosts, and on the day of his fierce anger. BSB BSB: Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
14 UEB Like a hunted gazelle or like a sheep with no shepherd, every man will turn toward his own people and will flee to his own land. BSB BSB: Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
15 UEB Every one who is found will be killed, and every one who is captured will die by the sword. BSB BSB: Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
17 UEB Look, I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them, who will not be concerned about silver, nor do they delight in gold. BSB BSB: Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
18 UEB Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants and they will not look with pity on children. BSB BSB: Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
19 UEB Then Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean pride, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. BSB BSB: And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 UEB It will not be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. The Arab will not pitch his tent there, nor will shepherds have their flocks rest there. BSB BSB: She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
21 UEB But wild animals of the desert will lie there. Their houses will be full of owls; and ostriches and wild goats will skip about there. BSB BSB: But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
22 UEB Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the beautiful palaces. Her time is near, and her days will not be delayed. BSB BSB: Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
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