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align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB 1995">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Prophecies about Babylon</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The pronouncement<MH4853b> concerning Babylon<MH894> which<MH834> Isaiah<MH3470b> the son<MH1121> of Amoz<MH531> saw<MH2372>: <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Lift<MH5375> up<MH5375> a flag<MH5251> on the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>bare<MH8192> hill<MH2022>, <t><p class="indent1">Raise<MH7311> your voice<MH6963> to them, <t><p class="indent1">Wave<MH5130> the hand<MH3027> that they may enter<MH935> the doors<MH6607> of the nobles<MH5081>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have commanded<MH6680> My consecrated<MH6942> ones, <t><p class="indent1">I have also<MH1571> called<MH7121> for My warriors<MH1368> <t><p class="indent1">Who boast<MH5947> in My eminence<MH1346>, <t><p class="indent1">To <i>execute</i> My anger<MH639>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A sound<MH6963> of a roar<MH1995> on the mountains<MH2022>, <t><p class="indent1">Like<MH1823> that of many<MH7227a> people<MH5971a>! <t><p class="indent1">A sound<MH6963> of an uproar<MH7588> of kingdoms<MH4467>, <t><p class="indent1">Of nations<MH1471> gathered<MH622> together! <t><p class="indent1">The LORD<MH3068> of armies<MH6635> is mustering<MH6485> the army<MH6635> for battle<MH4421>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They are coming<MH935> from a distant<MH4801> country<MH776>, <t><p class="indent1">From the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>farthest<MH7093> horizons<MH8064>, <t><p class="indent1">The LORD<MH3068> and the weapons<MH3627> of His indignation<MH2195>, <t><p class="indent1">To destroy<MH2254b> the whole<MH3605> land<MH776>. <p class="hdg">Judgment on the Day of the LORD</p><poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wail<MH3213>, for the day<MH3117> of the LORD<MH3068> is near<MH7138>! <t><p class="indent1">It will come<MH935> as destruction<MH7701> from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>the Almighty<MH7706b>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore<MH5921, 3651> all<MH3605> hands<MH3027> will fall<MH7503> limp<MH7503>, <t><p class="indent1">And every<MH3605> human<MH582> heart<MH3824> will melt<MH4549>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They will be terrified<MH926>, <t><p class="indent1">Pains<MH6735c> and anguish<MH2256b> will take<MH270> hold<MH270> of <i>them;</i> <t><p class="indent1">They will writhe<MH2342a> like a woman in<MH3205> labor<MH3205>, <t><p class="indent1">They will look<MH8539> at one<MH376> another<MH7453> in<MH8539> astonishment<MH8539>, <t><p class="indent1">Their faces<MH6440> aflame<MH3857>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Behold<MH2009>, the day<MH3117> of the LORD<MH3068> is coming<MH935>, <t><p class="indent1">Cruel<MH394>, with fury<MH5678> and burning<MH2740> anger<MH639>, <t><p class="indent1">To make<MH7760> the land<MH776> a desolation<MH8047>; <t><p class="indent1">And He will exterminate<MH8045> its sinners<MH2400> from it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For the stars<MH3556> of heaven<MH4605> and their constellations<MH3685> <t><p class="indent1">Will not flash<MH1984a> their light<MH216>; <t><p class="indent1">The sun<MH8121> will be<MH2821> dark<MH2821> when it rises<MH3318> <t><p class="indent1">And the moon<MH3394> will not shed<MH5050> its light<MH216>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So I will punish<MH6485> the world<MH8398> for its evil<MH7463a> <t><p class="indent1">And the wicked<MH7563> for their wrongdoing<MH5771>; <t><p class="indent1">I will also put<MH7673a> an<MH7673a> end<MH7673a> to<MH7673a> the audacity<MH1347b> of the proud<MH2086> <t><p class="indent1">And humiliate<MH8213> the arrogance<MH1346> of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>tyrants<MH6184>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will make<MH3365> mortal<MH582> man<MH582> scarcer<MH3365> than<MH4480> pure<MH6337> gold<MH6337> <t><p class="indent1">And mankind<MH120> than<MH4480> the gold<MH3800> of Ophir<MH211>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore<MH5921, 3651> I will make the heavens<MH8064> tremble<MH7264>, <t><p class="indent1">And the earth<MH776> will be shaken<MH7493> from its place<MH4725> <t><p class="indent1">At the fury<MH5678> of the LORD<MH3068> of armies<MH6635> <t><p class="indent1">In the day<MH3117> of His burning<MH2740> anger<MH639>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And it will be that, like a hunted<MH5080> gazelle<MH6643b>, <t><p class="indent1">Or like sheep<MH6629> with no<MH369> one<MH369> to gather<MH6908> <i>them,</i> <t><p class="indent1">Each<MH376> of them will turn<MH6437> to his own people<MH5971a>, <t><p class="indent1">And each<MH376> of them will flee<MH5127> to his own land<MH776>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Anyone<MH3605> who is found<MH4672> will be thrust<MH1856> through<MH1856>, <t><p class="indent1">And anyone<MH3605> who is captured<MH5595> will fall<MH5307> by the sword<MH2719>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Their little<MH5768> ones<MH5768> also will be dashed<MH7376> to<MH7376> pieces<MH7376> <t><p class="indent1">Before their eyes<MH5869>; <t><p class="indent1">Their houses<MH1004> will be plundered<MH8155> <t><p class="indent1">And their wives<MH802> raped<MH7693>. <p class="hdg">Babylon Will Fall to the Medes</p><poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Behold<MH2009>, I am going to stir<MH5782> up<MH5782> the Medes<MH4074> against<MH5921> them, <t><p class="indent1">Who<MH834> will not value<MH2803> silver<MH3701> or take<MH2654a> pleasure<MH2654a> in gold<MH2091>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And <i>their</i> bows<MH7198> will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>mow<MH7376> down<MH7376> the young<MH5288> men<MH5288>, <t><p class="indent1">They will not even have<MH7355> compassion<MH7355> on<MH7355> the fruit<MH6529> of the womb<MH990>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Nor</i> will their eye<MH5869> pity<MH2347> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>children<MH1121>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Babylon<MH894>, the beauty<MH6643a> of kingdoms<MH4467>, the glory<MH8597> of the Chaldeans’<MH3778> pride<MH1347b>, <t><p class="indent1">Will be as when God<MH430> overthrew<MH4114> Sodom<MH5467> and Gomorrah<MH6017>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It will never<MH3808, 5331> be inhabited<MH3427> or lived<MH7931> in<MH7931> from generation<MH1755> to generation<MH1755>; <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH3808> will the Arab<MH6163b> pitch<MH167> <i>his</i> tent<MH167> there<MH8033>, <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH3808> will shepherds<MH7462a> allow <i>their flocks</i> to lie<MH7257> down<MH7257> there<MH8033>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But desert<MH6716b> creatures<MH6716b> will lie<MH7257> down<MH7257> there<MH8033>, <t><p class="indent1">And their houses<MH1004> will be full<MH4390> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>owls<MH255>; <t><p class="indent1">Ostriches<MH3284> also will live<MH7931> there<MH8033>, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>shaggy<MH8163a> goats<MH8163b> will frolic<MH7540> there<MH8033>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>Hyenas<MH338> will howl<MH6031b> in their fortified<MH490> towers <t><p class="indent1">And jackals<MH8565> in their luxurious<MH6027> palaces<MH1964>. <t><p class="indent1">Her <i>fateful</i> time<MH6256> also <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>will soon<MH7138> come<MH935>, <t><p class="indent1">And her days<MH3117> will not be prolonged<MH4900>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>wind-swept mountain</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>end of heaven</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Heb <i>Shaddai</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>violent</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>dash in pieces</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>sons</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>howling creatures</i><br><span 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