Isaiah 13:1-5 ▼

1 This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:

2 On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!

3 I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.

4 There is a loud noise on the mountains--it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms--nations are being assembled! The LORD who commands armies is mustering forces for battle.

5 They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the LORD with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.