The burden of Babylon
, which Isaiah
the son
of Amoz
did see
.
Lift ye up a banner
upon the high
mountain
, exalt
the voice
unto them, shake
the hand
, that they may go
into the gates
of the nobles
.
I have commanded my sanctified ones
, I have also called
my mighty ones
for mine anger
, even them that rejoice
in my highness
.
The noise of a multitude
in the mountains
, like as
of a great
people
; a tumultuous
noise
of the kingdoms
of nations
gathered together
: the LORD
of hosts
mustereth
the host
of the battle
.
They come from a far
country
, from the end
of heaven
, even the LORD
, and the weapons
of his indignation
, to destroy
the whole land
.
Howl ye; for the day
of the LORD
is at hand
; it shall come
as a destruction
from the Almighty
.
Therefore shall all hands be faint
, and every man's
heart
shall melt
:
And they shall be afraid: pangs
and sorrows
shall take hold
of them; they shall be in pain
as a woman that travaileth
: they shall be amazed
one
at another
; their faces
shall be as flames
.
Behold, the day of the LORD
cometh
, cruel
both with wrath
and fierce
anger
, to lay
the land
desolate
: and he shall destroy
the sinners
thereof out of it.
For the stars of heaven
and the constellations
thereof shall not give
their light
: the sun
shall be darkened
in his going forth
, and the moon
shall not cause her light
to shine
.
And I will punish the world
for their evil
, and the wicked
for their iniquity
; and I will cause the arrogancy
of the proud
to cease
, and will lay low
the haughtiness
of the terrible
.
I will make a man more precious
than fine gold
; even a man
than the golden wedge
of Ophir
.
Therefore I will shake the heavens
, and the earth
shall remove
out of her place
, in the wrath
of the LORD
of hosts
, and in the day
of his fierce
anger
.
And it shall be as the chased roe
, and as a sheep
that no man taketh up
: they shall every man
turn
to his own people
, and flee
every one
into his own land
.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through
; and every one that is joined
unto them shall fall
by the sword
.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces
before their eyes
; their houses
shall be spoiled
, and their wives
ravished
.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes
against them, which shall not regard
silver
; and as for gold
, they shall not delight
in it.
Their bows also shall dash
the young men
to pieces
; and they shall have no pity
on the fruit
of the womb
; their eye
shall not spare
children
.
And Babylon, the glory
of kingdoms
, the beauty
of the Chaldees
' excellency
, shall be as when God
overthrew
Sodom
and Gomorrah
.
It shall never be inhabited
, neither shall it be dwelt
in from generation
to generation
: neither shall the Arabian
pitch tent
there; neither shall the shepherds
make their fold
there.
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie
there; and their houses
shall be full
of doleful creatures
; and owls
shall dwell
there, and satyrs
shall dance
there.
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry
in their desolate houses
, and dragons
in their pleasant
palaces
: and her time
is near
to come
, and her days
shall not be prolonged
.