Book of Isaiah, Chapter 13
Isaiah 13 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 13 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ The [a]1oracle concerning 2Babylon which 3Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
- ¶ 4Lift up a standard on the [b]5bare hill,
Raise your voice to them,
6Wave the hand that they may 7enter the doors of the nobles. - I have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have even called My 8mighty warriors,
My proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger. - A 9sound of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound of the uproar of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle. - They are coming from a far country,
From the [c]10farthest horizons,
The LORD and His instruments of 11indignation,
To 12destroy the whole land. - ¶ Wail, for the 13day of the LORD is near!
It will come as 14destruction from [d]the Almighty. - Therefore 15all hands will fall limp,
And every man’s 16heart will melt. - They will be 17terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will 18writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame. - Behold, 19the day of the LORD is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it. - For the 20stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The 21sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light. - Thus I will 22punish the world for its evil
And the 23wicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the 24arrogance of the proud
And abase the 25haughtiness of the [e]26ruthless. - I will make mortal man [f]27scarcer than pure gold
And mankind than the 28gold of Ophir. - Therefore I will make the 29heavens tremble,
And 30the earth will be shaken from its place
At the fury of the LORD of hosts
In 31the day of His burning anger. - And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
Or like 32sheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land. - Anyone who is found will be 33thrust through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword. - Their 34little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished. - ¶ Behold, I am going to 35stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or 36take pleasure in gold. - And their bows will [g]mow down the 37young men,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their 38eye pity [h]children. - And 39Babylon, the 40beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God 41overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. - It will 42never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the 43Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there. - But 44desert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of [i]owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and [j]shaggy goats will frolic there. - [k]Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers
And jackals in their luxurious 45palaces.
Her fateful time also [l]will soon come
And her days will not be prolonged.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or burden of
- ^ Or wind-swept mountain
- ^ Lit end of heaven
- ^ Heb Shaddai
- ^ Or tyrants, despots
- ^ Lit more precious
- ^ Lit dash in pieces
- ^ Lit sons
- ^ Or howling creatures
- ^ Or goat demons
- ^ Or howling creatures
- ^ Lit is near to come
REFERENCES
- ^ Is 14:28; 15:1
- ^ Is 13:19; 14:4; 47:1-15; Je 24:1; 50:1-51:64; Mt 1:11; Re 14:8
- ^ Is 1:1
- ^ Is 5:26; Je 50:2
- ^ Je 51:25
- ^ Is 10:32; 19:16
- ^ Is 45:1-3; Je 51:58
- ^ Jl 3:11
- ^ Is 5:30; 17:12; Jl 3:14
- ^ Is 5:26; 7:18
- ^ Is 10:5
- ^ Is 24:1
- ^ Is 2:12; 10:3; 13:9; 34:2, 8; 61:2; Eze 30:3; Am 5:18; Zp 1:7
- ^ Is 10:25; 14:23; Jl 1:15
- ^ Eze 7:17
- ^ Is 19:1; Eze 21:7; Na 2:10
- ^ 2Ki 19:26; Is 21:3; Je 46:5
- ^ Is 26:17; Je 4:31; Jn 16:21
- ^ Is 13:6
- ^ Is 5:30; Eze 32:7; Jl 2:10; Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24; Lu 21:25; Re 6:13; 8:12
- ^ Is 24:23; 50:3; Eze 32:7; Ac 2:20; Re 6:12
- ^ Is 26:21
- ^ Is 3:11; 11:4; 14:5
- ^ Is 2:11; 23:9; Da 5:22, 23
- ^ Je 48:29
- ^ Is 25:3; 29:5, 20
- ^ Is 4:1; 6:11, 12
- ^ 1Ki 9:28; Jb 28:16; Ps 45:9
- ^ Is 34:4; 51:6
- ^ Ps 18:7; Is 2:19; 24:1, 19, 20; Hg 2:6
- ^ La 1:12
- ^ 1Ki 22:17; Mt 9:36; Mr 6:34; 1Pe 2:25
- ^ Is 14:19; Je 50:25; 51:3, 4
- ^ Ps 137:8, 9; Is 13:18; 14:21; Ho 10:14; Na 3:10
- ^ Je 51:11; Da 5:28
- ^ Pr 6:34, 35
- ^ 2Ki 8:12; 2Ch 36:17
- ^ Eze 9:5, 10
- ^ Is 21:9; 48:14
- ^ Da 4:30; Re 18:11-16, 19, 21
- ^ Ge 19:24; De 29:23; Je 49:18; Am 4:11
- ^ Is 14:23; 34:10-15; Je 51:37-43
- ^ 2Ch 17:11
- ^ Is 34:11-15; Zp 2:14; Re 18:2
- ^ Is 25:2; 32:14; 34:13
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