The burden{H4853} of Babylon,{H894} which Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} did see.{H2372}

Set ye up{H5375} an ensign{H5251} upon the bare{H8192} mountain,{H2022} lift up{H7311} the voice{H6963} unto them, wave{H5130} the hand,{H3027} that they may go{H935} into the gates{H6607} of the nobles.{H5081}

I have commanded{H6680} my consecrated ones,{H6942} yea, I have called{H7121} my mighty men{H1368} for mine anger,{H639} even my proudly{H1346} exulting{H5947} ones.

The noise{H6963} of a multitude{H1995} in the mountains,{H2022} as{H1823} of a great{H7227} people!{H5971} the noise{H6963} of a tumult{H6963} of the kingdoms{H4467} of the nations{H1471} gathered together!{H622} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is mustering{H6485} the host{H6635} for the battle.{H4421}

They come{H935} from a far{H4801} country,{H776} from the uttermost{H7097} part of heaven,{H8064} even Jehovah,{H3068} and the weapons{H3627} of his indignation,{H2195} to destroy{H2254} the whole land.{H776}

Wail{H3213} ye; for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is at hand;{H7138} as destruction{H7701} from the Almighty{H7706} shall it come.{H935}

Therefore shall all hands{H3027} be feeble,{H7503} and every heart{H3824} of man{H582} shall melt:{H4549}

and they shall be dismayed;{H926} pangs{H6735} and sorrows{H2256} shall take hold{H270} [of them]; they shall be in pain{H2342} as a woman in travail:{H2342} they shall look in amazement{H8539} one{H376} at another;{H7453} their faces{H6440} [shall be] faces{H6440} of flame.

Behold, the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} cometh,{H935} cruel,{H394} with wrath{H5678} and fierce{H2740} anger;{H639} to make{H7760} the land{H776} a desolation,{H8047} and to destroy{H8045} the sinners{H2400} thereof out of it.

For the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} and the constellations{H3685} thereof shall not give{H1984} their light;{H216} the sun{H8121} shall be darkened{H2821} in its going forth,{H3318} and the moon{H3394} shall not cause its light{H216} to shine.{H5050}

And I will punish{H6485} the world{H8398} for [their] evil,{H7451} and the wicked{H7563} for their iniquity:{H5771} and I will cause the arrogancy{H1347} of the proud{H2086} to cease,{H7673} and will lay low{H8213} the haughtiness{H1346} of the terrible.{H6184}

I will make a man{H582} more rare{H3365} than fine gold,{H6337} even a man{H120} than the pure gold{H3800} of Ophir.{H211}

Therefore I will make the heavens{H8064} to tremble,{H7264} and the earth{H776} shall be shaken{H7493} out of its place,{H4725} in the wrath{H5678} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and in the day{H3117} of his fierce{H2740} anger.{H639}

And it shall come to pass, that as the chased{H5080} roe,{H6643} and as sheep{H6629} that no man{H376} gathereth,{H6908} they shall turn{H6437} every man{H376} to his own people,{H5971} and shall flee{H5127} every man to his own land.{H776}

Every one that is found{H4672} shall be thrust through;{H1856} and every one that is taken{H5595} shall fall{H5307} by the sword.{H2719}

Their infants{H5768} also shall be dashed in pieces{H7376} before their eyes;{H5869} their houses{H1004} shall be rifled,{H8155} and their wives{H802} ravished.{H7901}

Behold, I will stir up{H5782} the Medes{H4074} against them, who shall not regard{H2803} silver,{H3701} and as for gold,{H2091} they shall not delight{H2654} in it.

And [their] bows{H7198} shall dash{H7376} the young men{H5288} in pieces;{H7376} and they shall have no pity{H7355} on the fruit{H6529} of the womb;{H990} their eye{H5869} shall not spare{H2347} children.{H1121}

And Babylon,{H894} the glory{H6643} of kingdoms,{H4467} the beauty{H8597} of the Chaldeans'{H3778} pride,{H1347} shall be as when God{H430} overthrew{H4114} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah.{H6017}

It shall never{H5331} be inhabited,{H3427} neither shall it be dwelt{H7931} in from generation{H1755} to generation:{H1755} neither shall the Arabian{H6163} pitch tent{H167} there; neither shall shepherds{H7462} make their flocks to lie down{H7257} there.

But wild beasts of the desert{H6728} shall lie{H7257} there; and their houses{H1004} shall be full{H4390} of doleful creatures;{H255} and ostriches{H1323} shall dwell{H7931} there, and wild goats{H8163} shall dance{H7540} there.

And wolves{H338} shall cry{H6030} in their castles,{H490} and jackals{H8577} in the pleasant{H6027} palaces:{H1964} and her time{H6256} is near{H7138} to come,{H935} and her days{H3117} shall not be prolonged.{H4900}