1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah…
2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call…
3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have…
4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that…
5They are coming from faraway lands, from the…
6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is…
7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every…
8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they…
9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel,…
10For the stars of heaven and their constellations…
11I will punish the world for its evil…
12I will make man scarcer than pure gold,…
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and…
14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without…
15Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever…
16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before…
17Behold, I will stir up against them the…
18Their bows will dash young men to pieces;…
19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the…
20She will never be inhabited or settled from…
21But desert creatures will lie down there, and…
22Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals…
