Isaiah 13

1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:1

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:2

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:3

4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:4

5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:5

6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:6

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: KJVSD — Isaiah 13:7

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:8

9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.KJVSD — Isaiah 13:9

10 For the 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. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:10

11 And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:11

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:12

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:13

14 And it 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. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:14

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:15

16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:16

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.KJVSD — Isaiah 13:17

18 [Their] bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:18

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:19

20 It 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.KJVSD — Isaiah 13:20

21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.KJVSD — Isaiah 13:21

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in [their] pleasant palaces: and her time [is] near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. KJVSD — Isaiah 13:22