1 GLT An oracle for Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amoz perceived: BSB BSB: This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
2 GLT On the bare mountain raise a banner. Lift up a voice to them. Wave a hand, and they will 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 GLT I have commanded my holy ones; I even called my warriors for my nose, 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 GLT The sound of a multitude in the mountains, like a numerous people! The sound of a tumult of the kingdoms, nations are gathered! 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 GLT They are coming from a far country, from the end of the heavens, Yahweh, and the instruments of his 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 GLT 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 GLT Therefore, all hands hang limp, and every heart of man melts. BSB BSB: Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8 GLT And they will be terrified; pain and agony will seize{ them}; like a woman in labor, they are pained. A man to his friend will stare in astonishment; their faces{ are} faces 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 GLT Behold, the day of Yahweh comes ruthlessly, with wrath and burning nose, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its 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 GLT For the stars of the heavens and the constellations will not shine their light. The sun will be darkened in its coming out, and the moon will not emit its light. 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 GLT And I shall charge the world{ its} evil and the wicked their iniquity. And I shall put an end to the arrogance of the proud and 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 GLT I shall cause a mortal to be more rare than fine gold and a man, the pure gold of Ophir. BSB BSB: I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13 GLT Therefore I shall 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 burning nose. 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 GLT And it will happen, like a hunted gazelle or like a sheep with no shepherd,{ every} man will turn toward his people and{ every} man will flee to his 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 GLT All who are found will be killed, and all who are caught will die by the sword, BSB BSB: Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
17 GLT Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who will not be concerned about silver, and they will not 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 GLT And the bows will strike down the young men, and they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb, their eyes will not have pity on sons. 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 GLT And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like God destroying 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 GLT It will not be inhabited to eternity, or lived in from generation to generation. And the Arab will not pitch his tent there, and the shepherds will not make{ 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 GLT But desert beasts will lie there, and their houses will be full of owls, and daughters of ostriches will live there, 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 GLT and hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in palaces of luxury. And her time is coming 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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