Isaiah 13 BSB ISV Parallel

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1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

1A message that Amoz's son Isaiah received about Babylon:

2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

2"Raise a banner on a bare hilltop! Cry out loud to them! Give a wave of the hand, signaling for them to enter the gates of the nobles.

3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also summoned my warriors, those who rejoice in my triumph, to carry out my angry judgments.

4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

4"Listen! There's a noise on the mountains like that of a great multitude! Listen! There's an uproar among the kingdoms, like that of nations massing together! The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is mustering an army for battle.

5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.

5They're coming from a faraway land, from the distant horizon— the LORD and the weapons of his anger— to destroy the entire land."

6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

6Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!

7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

7Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.

8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.

9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

9Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with wrath and fierce anger— to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from it.

10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

10For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.

11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

11I'll punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I'll put an end to the pomposity of the arrogant, and overthrow the insolence of tyrants.

12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

12I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir.

13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

13Therefore I'll make the heavens tremble. The earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, at the time of his burning anger.

14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

14They will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.

15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

15Whoever is captured will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall dead, killed by the sword.

16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, and their houses will be looted, and their wives slept with.

17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

17Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.

18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

18Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.

19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

19Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them—

20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

20It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.

21But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

21But desert beasts will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there owls will dwell, and goat-demons will dance there.

22Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

22Hyenas will howl in its strongholds, and jackals will make their dens in its citadels. Its time is close at hand, and its days will not be extended any further.

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