Prophecies about Babylon
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I have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have even called My (H)mighty warriors,
My proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger.
4 I have even called My (H)mighty warriors,
My proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger.
A (I)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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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.
Judgment on the Day of the Lord
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Behold, (S)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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14 Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
Or like (AF)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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16 Or like (AF)sheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.
Their (AH)little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
Babylon Will Fall to the Medes
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 13:1: ['Or ', burden of]
b.
Isaiah 13:2: ['Or ', wind-swept mountain]
c.
Isaiah 13:5: ['Lit ', end of heaven]
d.
Isaiah 13:6: ['Heb ', Shaddai]
e.
Isaiah 13:11: ['Or ', tyrants, despots]
f.
Isaiah 13:12: ['Lit ', more precious]
g.
Isaiah 13:18: ['Lit ', dash in pieces]
h.
Isaiah 13:18: ['Lit ', sons]
i.
Isaiah 13:21: ['Or ', howling creatures]
j.
Isaiah 13:21: ['Or ', goat demons]
k.
Isaiah 13:22: ['Or ', howling creatures]
l.
Isaiah 13:22: ['Lit ', is near to come]
Cross references:
B.
Isaiah 13:1:
Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 47:1-15; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 50:1-51; Matthew 1:11; Revelation 14:8
H.
Isaiah 13:3:
Joel 3:11
M.
Isaiah 13:6:
Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 34:2; Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 61:2; Ezekiel 30:3; Amos 5:18; Zephaniah 1:7