*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.