ISAIAH – A PROPHECY AGAINST BABYLON

Isaiah 13:1-16

(This is a prophesy of the final, End Times Babylon)

An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,

3 I have Commanded my Holy Ones;

I have Summoned my warriors

TO CARRY OUT MY WRATH--

Those who rejoice in my triumph.

4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,

Like that of a Great Multitude!

Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,

LIKE THE NATIONS MASSING TOGETHER!

The Lord Almighty is Mustering an Army for War.

5 They come from faraway land,

From the ends of the heavens--

The Lord and the weapons of His Wrath--

TO DESTROY THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

6 WAIL, FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR;

It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,

EVERY MAN'S HEART WILL MELT.

8 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.

9 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.

10 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.

11 I WILLPUNISH 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.

12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold,

More rare than the gold of Ophir.

13 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.

14 Like hunted antelope, like sheep without a shepherd,

EACH WILL RETURN TO HIS OWN PEOPE,

EACH WILL FLEE TO HIS NATIVE LAND.

15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

All who are caught will fall by the sword.

16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

Their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.

(Isaiah 13:1-16)