The burden <H4853> of Babylon, <H0894> which Isaiah <H3470> the son <H1121> of Amoz <H0531> did see. <H2372>
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Lift ye up <H5375> a banner <H5251> upon the high <H8192> mountain, <H2022> exalt <H7311> the voice <H6963> unto them, shake <H5130> the hand, <H3027> that they may go <H0935> into the gates <H6607> of the nobles. <H5081>
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I have commanded <H6680> my sanctified ones, <H6942> I have also called <H7121> my mighty ones <H1368> for mine anger, <H0639> [even] them that rejoice <H5947> in my highness. <H1346>
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The noise <H6963> of a multitude <H1995> in the mountains, <H2022> like as <H1823> of a great <H7227> people; <H5971> a tumultuous <H7588> noise <H6963> of the kingdoms <H4467> of nations <H1471> gathered <H0622> together: the LORD <H3068> of hosts <H6635> mustereth <H6485> the host <H6635> of the battle. <H4421>
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They come <H0935> from a far <H4801> country, <H0776> from the end <H7097> of heaven, <H8064> [even] the LORD, <H3068> and the weapons <H3627> of his indignation, <H2195> to destroy <H2254> the whole land. <H0776>
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Howl <H3213> ye; for the day <H3117> of the LORD <H3068> [is] at hand; <H7138> it shall come <H0935> as a destruction <H7701> from the Almighty. <H7706>
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Therefore shall all hands <H3027> be faint, <H7503> and every man's <H0582> heart <H3824> shall melt: <H4549>
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And they shall be afraid: <H0926> pangs <H6735> and sorrows <H2256> shall take hold of them; <H0270> they shall be in pain <H2342> as a woman that travaileth: <H3205> they shall be amazed <H8539> one <H0376> at another; <H7453> their faces <H6440> [shall be as] flames. <H3851>
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Behold, the day <H3117> of the LORD <H3068> cometh, <H0935> cruel <H0394> both with wrath <H5678> and fierce <H2740> anger, <H0639> to lay <H7760> the land <H0776> desolate: <H8047> and he shall destroy <H8045> the sinners <H2400> thereof out of it.
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For the stars <H3556> of heaven <H8064> and the constellations <H3685> thereof shall not give <H1984> their light: <H0216> the sun <H8121> shall be darkened <H2821> in his going forth, <H3318> and the moon <H3394> shall not cause her light <H0216> to shine. <H5050>
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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>
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I will make a man <H0582> more precious <H3365> than fine gold; <H6337> even a man <H0120> than the golden wedge <H3800> of Ophir. <H0211>
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Therefore I will shake <H7264> the heavens, <H8064> and the earth <H0776> shall remove <H7493> out of her place, <H4725> in the wrath <H5678> of the LORD <H3068> of hosts, <H6635> and in the day <H3117> of his fierce <H2740> anger. <H0639>
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And it shall be as the chased <H5080> roe, <H6643> and as a sheep <H6629> that no man taketh up: <H6908> they shall every man <H0376> turn <H6437> to his own people, <H5971> and flee <H5127> every one <H0376> into his own land. <H0776>
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Every one that is found <H4672> shall be thrust through; <H1856> and every one that is joined <H5595> [unto them] shall fall <H5307> by the sword. <H2719>
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Their children <H5768> also shall be dashed to pieces <H7376> before their eyes; <H5869> their houses <H1004> shall be spoiled, <H8155> and their wives <H0802> ravished. <H7901><H7693>
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Behold, I will stir up <H5782> the Medes <H4074> against them, which shall not regard <H2803> silver; <H3701> and [as for] gold, <H2091> they shall not delight <H2654> in it.
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[Their] bows <H7198> also shall dash the young men <H5288> to pieces; <H7376> and they shall have no pity <H7355> on the fruit <H6529> of the womb; <H0990> their eye <H5869> shall not spare <H2347> children. <H1121>
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And Babylon, <H0894> the glory <H6643> of kingdoms, <H4467> the beauty <H8597> of the Chaldees' <H3778> excellency, <H1347> shall be as when God <H0430> overthrew <H4114> Sodom <H5467> and Gomorrah. <H6017>
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It shall never <H3808> <H5331> be inhabited, <H3427> neither shall it be dwelt <H7931> in from generation <H1755> to generation: <H1755> neither shall the Arabian <H6163> pitch tent <H0167> there; neither shall the shepherds <H7462> make their fold <H7257> there.
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But wild beasts of the desert <H6728> shall lie <H7257> there; and their houses <H1004> shall be full <H4390> of doleful creatures; <H0255> and owls <H1323> <H3284> shall dwell <H7931> there, and satyrs <H8163> shall dance <H7540> there.
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And the wild beasts of the islands <H0338> shall cry <H6030> in their desolate houses, <H0490> and dragons <H8577> in [their] pleasant <H6027> palaces: <H1964> and her time <H6256> [is] near <H7138> to come, <H0935> and her days <H3117> shall not be prolonged. <H4900>