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Isaiah 13
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| 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. |
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| 13:2
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. |
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| 13:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for
mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. |
 (13:3-5) Some day God will have his "mighty ones ... destroy the whole land."
(11:3) "I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger."
(11:4-5) "The LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle ... to destroy the whole land."
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| 13:4
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.
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| 13:5
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.
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| 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
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(13:6-9) On God's day he will kill sinners with great
anger, wrath, and cruelty. Those who die will have their faces consumed by flames.
(13:6) "Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty."
(13:7) "Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt."
(13:8) "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."
(13:9) "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."
 (13:10-13) The moon produces its own light and the earth does not move (except
when God gets angry and shakes the heavens).
 (13:10-13) As a sign that he's getting ready to destroy the world, God will destroy the whole universe.
(13:10) "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."
(13:13) "I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place."
 (13:15-18) If God can find you, he will "thrust
you through," smash your children "to pieces" before your eyes, and rape your wife.
(13:15) "Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and ... fall by the sword."
(13:16) "Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes ... and their wives ravished."
(13:117-18) "I will stir up the Medes against them ... Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no
pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children."
(13:19-20) "Babylon ... shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation."
These verses falsely predict that Babylon will never again be inhabited.
(13:21-22)
"Satyrs shall dance there ... and dragons in their pleasant palaces."
Dragons will live in Babylonian palaces and satyrs will dance there.
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| 13:7
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
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| 13:8
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.
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| 13:9
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.
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| 13:10
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.
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| 13:11
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.
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| 13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of Ophir.
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| 13:13
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.
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| 13:14
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.
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| 13:15
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them
shall fall by the sword.
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| 13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be
spoiled, and their wives ravished.
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| 13:17
Behold, I will stir up
the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold,
they shall not delight in it.
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| 13:18
Their bows also shall
dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of
the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
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| 13:19
And Babylon, the
glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when
God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
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| 13:20
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.
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| 13:21
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.
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| 13:22
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.
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