1The burden4853 of Babylon894, which Isaiah3470 the son1121 of Amoz531 did see2372.
2Lift ye up5375 a banner5251 upon the high8192 mountain2022, exalt7311 the voice6963 unto them, shake5130 the hand3027, that they may go935 into the gates6607 of the nobles5081.
3I have commanded6680 my sanctified ones6942, I have also called7121 my mighty ones1368 for mine anger639, even them that rejoice5947 in my highness1346.
4The noise6963 of a multitude1995 in the mountains2022, like as1823 of a great7227 people5971; a tumultuous7588 noise6963 of the kingdoms4467 of nations1471 gathered together622: the LORD3068 of hosts6635 mustereth6485 the host6635 of the battle4421.
5They come935 from a far4801 country776, from the end7097 of heaven8064, even the LORD3068, and the weapons3627 of his indignation2195, to destroy2254 the whole land776.
6Howl3213 ye; for the day3117 of the LORD3068 is at hand7138; it shall come935 as a destruction7701 from the Almighty7706.
7Therefore shall all hands3027 be faint7503, and every man's582 heart3824 shall melt4549:
8And they shall be afraid926: pangs6735 and sorrows2256 shall take hold270 of them; they shall be in pain2342 as a woman that travaileth3205: they shall be amazed8539 one376 at another7453; their faces6440 shall be as flames3851.
9Behold, the day3117 of the LORD3068 cometh935, cruel394 both with wrath5678 and fierce2740 anger639, to lay7760 the land776 desolate8047: and he shall destroy8045 the sinners2400 thereof out of it.
10For the stars3556 of heaven8064 and the constellations3685 thereof shall not give1984 their light216: the sun8121 shall be darkened2821 in his going forth3318, and the moon3394 shall not cause her light216 to shine5050.
11And I will punish6485 the world8398 for their evil7451, and the wicked7563 for their iniquity5771; and I will cause the arrogancy1347 of the proud2086 to cease7673, and will lay low8213 the haughtiness1346 of the terrible6184.
12I will make a man582 more precious3365 than fine gold6337; even a man120 than the golden wedge3800 of Ophir211.
13Therefore I will shake7264 the heavens8064, and the earth776 shall remove7493 out of her place4725, in the wrath5678 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635, and in the day3117 of his fierce2740 anger639.
14And it shall be as the chased5080 roe6643, and as a sheep6629 that no man taketh up6908: they shall every man376 turn6437 to his own people5971, and flee5127 every one376 into his own land776.
15Every one that is found4672 shall be thrust through1856; and every one that is joined5595 unto them shall fall5307 by the sword2719.
16Their children5768 also shall be dashed to pieces7376 before their eyes5869; their houses1004 shall be spoiled8155, and their wives802 ravished7901 7693.
17Behold, I will stir up5782 the Medes4074 against them, which shall not regard2803 silver3701; and as for gold2091, they shall not delight2654 in it.
18Their bows7198 also shall dash7376 the young men5288 to pieces7376; and they shall have no pity7355 on the fruit6529 of the womb990; their eye5869 shall not spare2347 children1121.
19And Babylon894, the glory6643 of kingdoms4467, the beauty8597 of the Chaldees'3778 excellency1347, shall be as when God430 overthrew4114 Sodom5467 and Gomorrah6017.
20It shall never5331 be inhabited3427, neither shall it be dwelt7931 in from generation1755 to generation1755: neither shall the Arabian6163 pitch tent167 there; neither shall the shepherds7462 make their fold7257 there.
21But wild beasts of the desert6728 shall lie7257 there; and their houses1004 shall be full4390 of doleful creatures255; and owls1323 3284 shall dwell7931 there, and satyrs8163 shall dance7540 there.
22And the wild beasts of the islands338 shall cry6030 in their desolate houses490, and dragons8577 in their pleasant6027 palaces1964: and her time6256 is near7138 to come935, and her days3117 shall not be prolonged4900.