{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":13,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/12","next":"isaiah/14","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[This is] the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:","f":[],"h":"The Burden against Babylon","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Raise a banner on a barren hilltop;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"call aloud to them."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Wave your hand,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that they may enter the gates of the nobles."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath [and] exult in My triumph.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have commanded My sanctified ones;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have even summoned My warriors"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to execute My wrath"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] exult in My triumph."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Listen, a tumult on the mountains,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like that of a great multitude!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like nations gathered together!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"an army for war."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They are coming from faraway lands,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the ends of the heavens —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the LORD and the weapons of His wrath —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to destroy the whole country."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.","f":["Hebrew Shaddai"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it will come as destruction from the Almighty."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore all hands will fall limp,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and every man’s heart will melt."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will writhe like a woman in labor."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will look at one another,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their faces flushed with fear."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"cruel, with fury and burning anger —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"to make the earth a desolation"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to destroy the sinners within it."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the stars of heaven and their constellations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will not give their light."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The rising sun will be darkened,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the moon will not give its light."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will punish the world [for its] evil"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the wicked for their iniquity."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lay low the pride of the ruthless."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"{I will make} man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"{I will make} man scarcer than pure gold,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the earth will be shaken from its place"},{"style":"indent1","t":"at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the day of His burning anger."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like a hunted gazelle,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a sheep without a shepherd,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"each will return to his own people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"each will flee to his native land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Whoever is caught will be stabbed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and whoever is captured will die by the sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Their infants will be dashed to pieces"},{"style":"indent2","t":"before their eyes,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"their houses will be looted,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their wives will be ravished."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who have no regard for silver"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no desire for gold."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their bows {will dash} young men to pieces;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will not look with pity on the children."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"will be overthrown by God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like Sodom and Gomorrah."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"She will never be inhabited"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or settled from generation to generation;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"no nomad will pitch his tent there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no shepherd will rest his flock there."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.","f":["Literally Daughters of an ostrich or Daughters of an owl"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But desert creatures will lie down there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and howling creatures will fill her houses."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Ostriches will dwell there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and wild goats will leap about."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"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.","f":["Or serpents or dragons"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Hyenas will howl in her fortresses"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and jackals in her luxurious palaces."},{"style":"indent1","t":"[Babylon’s] time is at hand,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and her days will not be prolonged."}],"style":"indent1"}]}