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

6 Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.s

It will come as destruction from the Almighty.t

7 Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,

and every man will lose heart.

8 They will be horrified;

pain and agony will seize them;

they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.u

They will look at each other,

their faces flushed with fear.