Isaiah 13 : 1 (NCV)
God showed Isaiah son of Amoz this message about Babylon:
Isaiah 13 : 2 (NCV)
Raise a flag on the bare mountain. Call out to the men. Raise your hand to signal them to enter through the gates for important people.
Isaiah 13 : 3 (NCV)
I myself have commanded those people whom I have separated as mine. I have called those warriors to carry out my anger. They rejoice and are glad to do my will.
Isaiah 13 : 4 (NCV)
Listen to the loud noise in the mountains, the sound of many people. Listen to the noise among the kingdoms, the sound of nations gathering together. his army together for battle.
Isaiah 13 : 5 (NCV)
This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. to destroy the whole country.
Isaiah 13 : 6 (NCV)
Cry, because the Lord's day of judging is near; the Almighty is sending destruction.
Isaiah 13 : 7 (NCV)
People will be weak with fear, and their courage will melt away.
Isaiah 13 : 8 (NCV)
Everyone will be afraid. Pain and hurt will grab them; they will hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby. They will look at each other in fear, with their faces red like fire.
Isaiah 13 : 9 (NCV)
Look, the Lord's day of judging is coming -- a terrible day, a day of God's anger. He will destroy the land and the sinners who live in it.
Isaiah 13 : 10 (NCV)
The stars will not show their light; the skies will be dark. The sun will grow dark as it rises, and the moon will not give its light.
Isaiah 13 : 11 (NCV)
The Lord says, "I will punish the world for its evil and wicked people for their sins. I will cause proud people to lose their pride, and I will destroy the pride of those who are cruel to others.
Isaiah 13 : 12 (NCV)
People will be harder to find than pure gold; there will be fewer people than there is fine gold in Ophir.
Isaiah 13 : 13 (NCV)
I will make the sky shake, and the earth will be moved from its place by the anger of the Lord All-Powerful at the time of his burning anger.
Isaiah 13 : 14 (NCV)
"Then the people from Babylon will run away like hunted deer or like sheep who have no shepherd. Everyone will turn back to his own people; each will run back to his own land.
Isaiah 13 : 15 (NCV)
Everyone who is captured will be killed; everyone who is caught will be killed with a sword.
Isaiah 13 : 16 (NCV)
Their little children will be beaten to death in front of them. Their houses will be robbed and their wives raped.
Isaiah 13 : 17 (NCV)
"Look, I will cause the armies of Media to attack Babylon. They do not care about silver or delight in gold.
Isaiah 13 : 18 (NCV)
Their soldiers will shoot the young men with arrows; they will show no mercy on children, nor will they feel sorry for little ones.
Isaiah 13 : 19 (NCV)
Babylon is the most beautiful of all kingdoms, and the Babylonians are very proud of it. like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 13 : 20 (NCV)
No one will ever live there or settle there again. No Arab will put a tent there; no shepherd will bring sheep there.
Isaiah 13 : 21 (NCV)
Only desert animals will live there, and their houses will be full of wild dogs. Owls will live there, and wild goats will leap about in the houses.
Isaiah 13 : 22 (NCV)
Wolves will howl within the strong walls, and wild dogs will bark in the beautiful buildings. The end of Babylon is near; its time is almost over."
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