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The mournful, ^ainspired oracle (¹a burden to be carried) concerning ^bBabylon which ^cIsaiah the son of Amoz saw in a prophetic vision:

2 ^aLift up a signal banner on the ^bbare mountain,Summon them the Medes and Persians with a loud voice,Wave ^cthe beckoning hand so that they may ^denter the doorways of the Babylonian nobles.3 I the LORD have commanded My consecrated ones,I have even called My ^agreat warriors,My proudly exulting ones the Medes and the Persians who triumph for My honor—To execute My anger.4 A ^asound of tumult on the mountains,Like that of many people!A sound of the uproar of the kingdoms,Of nations gathered together!The LORD of hosts is mustering an army for battle.5 They are coming from a distant country,From the ^aend of heaven the farthest horizon—The LORD and the weapons of His ^bindignation—To ^cdestroy the whole land. Ps 19:4-6; Is 5:26

6 Wail, for the ^aday of the LORD is at hand!It will come as ¹^bdestruction from the ²Almighty (All Sufficient One—Invincible God) ! Gen 17:17 Therefore ¹^aall hands will fall limp,And every man’s ^bheart will melt.8 They of Babylon will be shocked and ^aterrified,Pains and anguish will grip them;They will ^bbe in pain like a woman in childbirth.They will stare aghast and horrified at one another,Their faces aflame from the effects of the unprecedented warfare.9 Listen carefully, ^athe day of the LORD is coming,Cruel, with wrath and raging anger,To make the land a horror of devastation;And He shall exterminate its sinners from it. Is 2:10-22; Rev 19:11-2110 For the ^astars of heaven and their constellationsWill not flash with their light;The ^bsun will be dark when it rises,And the moon will not shed its light.11 In this way I will ^apunish the world for its evilAnd the ^bwicked for their wickedness their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing;I will also put an end to the ^carrogance of the proudAnd will abase the ^darrogance of the ^etyrant.12 I will make mortal man ^amore rare than fine gold,And mankind scarcer than the pure ^bgold of Ophir.13 Therefore I will make the ^aheavens tremble;And the ^bearth will be shaken from its placeAt the wrath of the LORD of hostsIn ^cthe day of His burning anger.14 And like the hunted gazelle,Or like ^asheep that no man gathers,Each foreign resident will turn and go back to his own people,And each one flee to his own land.15 Anyone who is found will be ^apierced through,And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.16 Their ^achildren also will be smashed to piecesBefore their eyes;Their houses will be lootedAnd their wives ravished.

17 Listen carefully, I will ^aput the Medes in motion against them,Who have no regard for silver and do not ^bdelight in gold and therefore cannot be bribed.18 Their bows will cut down the ^ayoung men of Babylon;They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb,Their ^beyes will not look with compassion on the children.19 And ^aBabylon, the glory of kingdoms, the ^bbeauty of the ¹Chaldeans’ pride,Will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God ^coverthrew them.20 Babylon will ^anever be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;Nor will the ^bArab pitch his tent there,Nor will the shepherds let their sheep lie down there.21 But ^adesert creatures will lie down there,And their houses will be full of owls;Ostriches also will live there, and ¹wild goats will dance there.22 ¹Hyenas will howl in their castles,And jackals in their luxurious ^apalaces.Babylon’s time has nearly come,And her days will not be prolonged.