13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. 
13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. 

13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 
13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 

13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, {even} them that rejoice in my highness. 
13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, {even} them that rejoice in my highness. 

13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations assembled: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. 
13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. 

13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, {even} the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 
13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, {even} the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 

13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD {is} at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 
13:6 Wail ye; for the day of the LORD {is} at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 

13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 
13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 

13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces {shall be as} flames. 
13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces {shall be as} flames. 

13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy its sinners out of it. 
13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy its sinners out of it. 

13:10 For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 
13:10 For the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 

13:11 And I will punish the world for {their} evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 
13:11 And I will punish the world for {their} evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 

13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 
13:12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 

13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 
13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 

13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one to his own land. 
13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one to his own land. 

13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined {to them} shall fall by the sword. 
13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined {to them} shall fall by the sword. 

13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished. 
13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished. 

13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and {as for} gold, they shall not delight in it. 
13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver; and {as for} gold, they shall not delight in it. 

13:18 {Their} bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. 
13:18 {Their} bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. 

13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellence, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 
13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 

13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 
13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 

13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 
13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 

13:22 And the wild beasts of the isles shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in {their} pleasant palaces: and her time {is} near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. 
13:22 And the wild beasts of the isles shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in {their} pleasant palaces: and her time {is} near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.