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The harsh prophecy of Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied.
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On a tranquil mountain raise a banner, raise your voice to them; wave your hand that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
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I commanded My prepared ones; I summoned My heroes to [execute] My wrath, those who rejoice in My pride.
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The sound of a multitude in the mountains, the likeness of a numerous people, the sound of the stirring of kingdoms of nations gathering; the Lord of Hosts appoints officers over the warring host.
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They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens; the Lord and the weapons of His fury, to destroy all the land.
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Lament, for the day of the Lord is near; like a raid from the Almighty it shall come.
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Therefore, all hands shall grow feeble, and the heart of every mortal shall melt.
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And they shall panic; pangs and throes shall seize them; like a woman in confinement they shall writhe; each man shall be amazed at his fellow; their faces are faces of flames.
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Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel with wrath and burning anger, to make the land desolate, and its sinners He shall destroy from it.
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For the stars of the heavens and its constellations shall not allow their light to illuminate, the sun has become dark in its going forth, and the moon shall not shine its light.
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And I will visit evil upon the earth, and upon the wicked their iniquity; and I will cut off the pride of the presumptuous, and the arrogance of the tyrants I will humble.
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I will make mortal man dearer than fine gold, and man [dearer] than the collection of the gold of Ophir.
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Therefore, I will make heaven quake, and the earth will quake out of its place, because of the anger of the Lord of Hosts, and on the day of His burning wrath.
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And he shall be like a roving deer, and like sheep who have no one to gather [them]; each man shall turn to his people, and each man shall flee to his land.
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Everyone who is found shall be stabbed, and anyone who takes refuge shall fall by the sword.
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And their babes shall be dashed before their eyes; their houses pillaged, and their wives ravished.
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Behold I stir up Media against them, who do not value silver, and do not desire gold.
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And the bows shall dash youths, and on the newborn they shall not have mercy; on children their eye shall not look with pity.
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And Babylon, the beauty of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldees, shall be like God's overturning of Sodom and Gemorrah.
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It shall not be settled forever, and it shall not be occupied from generation to generation, and no Arab shall pitch his tent there, neither shall shepherds rest their flocks there.
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And martens shall dwell there, and their houses shall be filled with ferrets, and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
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And cats shall dwell in his palaces, and serpents in the temples of pleasure, and her time is soon coming, and her days shall not be extended.
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