Isaiah 以赛亚书13

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13An oracle¹ concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon² to them to enter the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded my holy ones; I have summoned my warriors³ to carry out my wrath⁴- those who rejoice in my triumph.
4Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar⁵ among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The Lord Almighty⁶ is mustering⁷ an army for war.
5They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens- the Lord and the weapons of his wrath- to destroy the whole country.
6Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7Because of this, all hands will go limp, every man's heart will melt.
8Terror will seize them, pain and anguish⁸ will grip them; they will writhe⁹ like a woman in labor¹⁰. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
9See, the day of the Lord is coming -a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger- to make the land desolate¹¹ and destroy the sinners within it.
10The stars of heaven and their constellations¹² will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
11I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance¹³ of the haughty¹⁴ and will humble¹⁵ the pride of the ruthless.
12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
14Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
15Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.
16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.
17See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.
18Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants nor will they look with compassion¹⁶ on children.
19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the Babylonians' pride, will be overthrown¹⁷ by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flocks there.
21But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls¹⁸ will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.
22Hyenas will howl in her strongholds, jackals in her luxurious¹⁹ palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.