Isaiah 13:1–11
*The aburden of bBabylon, cwhich Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
2 dLift ye up a banner eupon the fhigh mountain,
Exalt the voice unto them, gshake the hand,
That they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded hmy sanctified ones,
I have also called imy mighty ones for mine anger,
Even them kthat lrejoice in my highness.
4 The noise of la multitude in the mountains, †like as of a great people;
lA tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together:
The Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
5 mThey come from a far country, from the end of heaven,
Even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation,
nTo destroy the whole land.
6 oHowl ye; pqfor the day of the Lord is at hand;
qIt shall come ras a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands ||be faint,
And every man’s sheart shall melt:
8 And they shall be afraid: tpangs and usorrows shall take hold of them;
uvThey shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth:
They shall †be amazed †one at another;
Their faces shall be as †flames.
9 Behold, wthe day of the Lord cometh,
Cruel both with xwrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate:
And xxhe shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and ythe constellations thereof shall not zgive their light:
aThe sun shall be darkened in his going forth,
And athe moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will bpunish the world for their evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
And I will ccause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,
And will dlay low the haughtiness of the terrible.