Isaiah

Isaiah 13 ©

1 God mustereth the armies of his wrath; 6 he threateneth to destroy Babylon by the Medes; 19 her utter desolation.

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THE aburden of Babylon, bwhich Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

b ch. 1.1.
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cLift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may dgo into the gates of the nobles.

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I ehave commanded fmy sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

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gThe noise of a multitude in the mountains, 1like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: hthe LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

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They come from ia far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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jHowl ye; for the kday of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

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Therefore lshall all hands 2be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

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And they mshall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; nthey shall be in pain as a woman that *travaileth: othey shall 3be *amazed 4one at another; their faces shall be as 5flames.

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Behold, pthe day of the LORD cometh, qcruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

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For rthe stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

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And I will spunish tthe world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and uI will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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I vwill make a man more precious than wfine gold; even a man xthan the golden wedge of Ophir.

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yTherefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and zin the day of his fierce anger.

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And ait shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

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bEvery one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

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cTheir children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; dtheir houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

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Behold, I will stir up ethe Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

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Their bows also shall fdash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

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¶And Babylon, gthe glory of kingdoms, the beauty of hthe Chaldees' excellency, shall be 6as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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iIt shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

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jBut 7wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of 8doleful *creatures; and 9owls shall dwell there, and *satyrs shall dance there.

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And the 10wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their 11desolate houses, and *dragons in their pleasant palaces: and kher time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.