Wail, For The Day Of The Lord Is Near

Isaiah 13

[This is a prophesy of the final, end times Babylon 

Which includes every nation of the world.

The time when the iniquity of the whole world is full 

And demands the judgment of God.

The whole world has received the “mark” of the Beast 

And are worshiping him.]

An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them

To enter the gates of the nobles.

I have commanded my holy ones;

I have summoned my warriors (angels of God) to carry out my wrath--

Those who rejoice in my triumph.

Listen, a noise on the mountains,

Like that of a great multitude!

Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together!

The Lord almighty is mustering an army for war.

They come from faraway land, from the ends of the heavens--

The Lord and the weapons of his wrath--

To destroy the whole country (the whole world).

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;

It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Because of this, all hands will go limp, every man's heart will melt.

Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them;

They will writhe like a woman in labor.

They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

See, the day of the Lord is coming—

A cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger--

To make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.

The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light.

The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins.

I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty

And will humble the pride of the ruthless.

I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.

Therefore, I will make the heavens tremble;

And the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,

In the day of his burning anger.

Like hunted antelope, like sheep without a shepherd,

Each will return to his own people,

Each will flee to his native land.

Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

All who are caught will fall by the sword.

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

Their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.

Only those who put their faith, hope and trust in God and His Christ, Jesus

Will be spared this judgment.