Isaiah 13:1-8 ▼

1 A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them. Signal with your hand, and they will go through the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my warriors, who celebrate my triumph, to execute my wrath.

4 Listen, a commotion on the mountains, like that of a mighty people! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations being gathered together! The LORD of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.

5 They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon — the LORD and the weapons of his wrath — to destroy the whole country.

6 Wail! For the day of the LORD is near. It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak, and every man will lose heart.

8 They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.