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Prophecies
about Babylon |
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| Isaiah 13:1 |
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The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the
son of Amoz saw. |
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| Isaiah 13:2 |
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Lift up a standard on the bare hill, Raise your
voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles. |
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| Isaiah 13:3 |
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I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have
even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger.
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| Isaiah 13:4 |
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A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that
of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together!
The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle. |
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| Isaiah 13:5 |
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They are coming from a far country, From the
farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the
whole land. |
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Judgment on the Day of the Lord |
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| Isaiah 13:6 |
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Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will
come as destruction from the Almighty. |
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| Isaiah 13:7 |
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Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every
man's heart will melt. |
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| Isaiah 13:8 |
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They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will
take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one
another in astonishment, Their faces aflame. |
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| Isaiah 13:9 |
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Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel,
with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate
its sinners from it. |
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| Isaiah 13:10 |
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For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon
will not shed its light. |
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| Isaiah 13:11 |
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Thus I will punish the world for its evil And
the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the
proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless. |
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| Isaiah 13:12 |
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I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold
And mankind than the gold of Ophir. |
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| Isaiah 13:13 |
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Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And
the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the
day of His burning anger. |
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| Isaiah 13:14 |
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And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or
like sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And
each one flee to his own land. |
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| Isaiah 13:15 |
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Anyone who is found will be thrust through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword. |
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| Isaiah 13:16 |
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Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished. |
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Babylon Will Fall to the Medes |
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| Isaiah 13:17 |
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Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against
them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold. |
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| Isaiah 13:18 |
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And their bows will mow down the young men,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye
pity children. |
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| Isaiah 13:19 |
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And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory
of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. |
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| Isaiah 13:20 |
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It will never be inhabited or lived in from
generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds
make their flocks lie down there. |
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| Isaiah 13:21 |
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But desert creatures will lie down there, And
their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy
goats will frolic there. |
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| Isaiah 13:22 |
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Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And
jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her
days will not be prolonged. |
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