Isaiah 13:15–22

¹⁵Anyone who is found will be ^apierced through,

And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

¹⁶Their ^ainfants also will be dashed to pieces

Before their eyes;

Their houses will be plundered

And their wives ravished.

¹⁷Behold, I am going to ^aawaken the Medes against them,

Who will not think about silver or ^btake pleasure in gold.

¹⁸And their bows will dash the ^ayoung men to pieces,

They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,

Nor will their ^beye pity ¹children.

¹⁹And it will be that ^aBabylon, the ^bbeauty of kingdoms, the ¹honor of the Chaldeans’ pride,

Will be as when God ^coverthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

²⁰It will ^anever be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation;

Nor will the ^1bArab pitch his tent there,

Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

²¹But ^adesert creatures will lie down there,

And their houses will be full of ¹owls;

Ostriches also will dwell there, and ²shaggy goats will leap there.

²²¹And hyenas will howl in their fortified towers

And jackals in their luxurious ^apalaces.

Her fateful time also ²will soon come

And her days will not be prolonged.