A Prophecy Against
Babylon
(This is a prophesy of
the final, End Times Babylon)
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
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
TO GETHER!
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.
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.
(Isaiah
13:1-16)
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