A PRONOUNCEMENT AGAINST BABYLON

13 A pronouncemento concerning Babylonp that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.q

Call out to them.

Signal with your hand, and they will go

through the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded my consecrated ones;

yes, I have called my warriors,

who celebrate my triumph,

to execute my wrath.r

4 Listen, a commotion on the mountains,

like that of a mighty people!

Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,

like nations being gathered together!

The Lord of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.

5 They are coming from a distant land,

from the farthest horizon—

the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—

to destroy the whole country.D