यशायाह 13

1A declaration about Babylon, that Isaiah son of Amoz received: 2On the bare mountain set up a signal flag, cry aloud to them, 3I have commanded my holy ones, 4The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of many people! 5They come from a far country, from way over the horizon. 6Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. 7Therefore all hands hang limp, and every heart melts. 8They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. 9See, the day of Yahweh comes with cruel wrath and overflowing anger, 10The stars of heaven and the constellations will not give their light. 11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. 12I will make men more rare than fine gold and mankind harder to find than the pure gold of Ophir. 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, 14Like a hunted gazelle or like a sheep with no shepherd, 15Every one who is found will be killed, and every one who is captured will die by the sword. 16Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. 17Look, I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them, 18Their bows will strike down the young men; 19Then Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean pride, 20It will not be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. 21But wild animals of the desert will lie there. Their houses will be full of owls;