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Chapter 13
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The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz
did see. |
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the
voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into
the gates of the nobles. |
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I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called
my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice
in my highness. |
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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as
of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms
of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth
the host of the battle. |
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They come from a far country, from the end of heaven,
even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to
destroy the whole land. |
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Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall
come as a destruction from the Almighty. |
7
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's
heart shall melt: |
8
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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take
hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth:
they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall
be as flames. |
9
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Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with
wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and
he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. |
10
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For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof
shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened
in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her
light to shine. |
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And I will punish the world for their evil, and the
wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy
of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness
of the terrible. |
12
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I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even
a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. |
13
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Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall
remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of
hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. |
14
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And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that
no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own
people, and flee every one into his own land. |
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Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and
every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the
sword. |
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Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before
their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their
wives ravished. |
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Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which
shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall
not delight in it. |
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Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces;
and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes shall not spare children. |
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the
Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew
Sodom and Gomorrah. |
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It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt
in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian
pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their
fold there. |
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But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and
their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and
owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. |
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And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their
desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces:
and her time is near to come, and her days shall not
be prolonged. |
