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1. God showed Isaiah son of Amoz this message about Babylon:
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1. The burden H4853 of Babylon H894 , which H834 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 did see H2372 .
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2. Raise a flag on the bare mountain. Call out to the men. Raise your hand to signal them to enter through the gates for important people.
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2. Lift ye up H5375 a banner H5251 upon H5921 the high H8192 mountain H2022 , exalt H7311 the voice H6963 unto them, shake H5130 the hand H3027 , that they may go H935 into the gates H6607 of the nobles H5081 .
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3. I myself have commanded those people whom I have separated as mine. I have called those warriors to carry out my anger. They rejoice and are glad to do my will.
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3. I H589 have commanded H6680 my sanctified ones H6942 , I have also H1571 called H7121 my mighty ones H1368 for mine anger H639 , even them that rejoice H5947 in my highness H1346 .
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4. Listen to the loud noise in the mountains, the sound of many people. Listen to the noise among the kingdoms, the sound of nations gathering together. his army together for battle.
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4. The noise H6963 of a multitude H1995 in the mountains H2022 , like H1823 as of a great H7227 people H5971 ; a tumultuous H7588 noise H6963 of the kingdoms H4467 of nations H1471 gathered together H622 : the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 mustereth H6485 the host H6635 of the battle H4421 .
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5. This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. to destroy the whole country.
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5. They come H935 from a far country H4480 H4801 H776 , from the end H4480 H7097 of heaven H8064 , even the LORD H3068 , and the weapons H3627 of his indignation H2195 , to destroy H2254 the whole H3605 land H776 .
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6. Cry, because the Lord's day of judging is near; the Almighty is sending destruction.
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6. Howl H3213 ye; for H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is at hand H7138 ; it shall come H935 as a destruction H7701 from the Almighty H4480 H7706 .
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7. People will be weak with fear, and their courage will melt away.
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7. Therefore H5921 H3651 shall all H3605 hands H3027 be faint H7503 , and every H3605 man H582 's heart H3824 shall melt H4549 :
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8. Everyone will be afraid. Pain and hurt will grab them; they will hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby. They will look at each other in fear, with their faces red like fire.
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8. And they shall be afraid H926 : pangs H6735 and sorrows H2256 shall take hold H270 of them ; they shall be in pain H2342 as a woman that travaileth H3205 : they shall be amazed H8539 one H376 at H413 another H7453 ; their faces H6440 shall be as flames H6440 H3851 .
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9. Look, the Lord's day of judging is coming -- a terrible day, a day of God's anger. He will destroy the land and the sinners who live in it.
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9. Behold H2009 , the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 cometh H935 , cruel H394 both with wrath H5678 and fierce H2740 anger H639 , to lay H7760 the land H776 desolate H8047 : and he shall destroy H8045 the sinners H2400 thereof out of H4480 it.
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10. The stars will not show their light; the skies will be dark. The sun will grow dark as it rises, and the moon will not give its light.
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10. For H3588 the stars H3556 of heaven H8064 and the constellations H3685 thereof shall not H3808 give H1984 their light H216 : the sun H8121 shall be darkened H2821 in his going forth H3318 , and the moon H3394 shall not H3808 cause her light H216 to shine H5050 .
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11. The Lord says, "I will punish the world for its evil and wicked people for their sins. I will cause proud people to lose their pride, and I will destroy the pride of those who are cruel to others.
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11. And I will punish H6485 the world H8398 for H5921 their evil H7451 , and the wicked H7563 for H5921 their iniquity H5771 ; and I will cause the arrogance H1347 of the proud H2086 to cease H7673 , and will lay low H8213 the haughtiness H1346 of the terrible H6184 .
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12. People will be harder to find than pure gold; there will be fewer people than there is fine gold in Ophir.
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12. I will make a man H582 more precious H3365 than fine gold H4480 H6337 ; even a man H120 than the golden wedge H4480 H3800 of Ophir H211 .
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13. I will make the sky shake, and the earth will be moved from its place by the anger of the Lord All-Powerful at the time of his burning anger.
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13. Therefore H5921 H3651 I will shake H7264 the heavens H8064 , and the earth H776 shall remove H7493 out of her place H4480 H4725 , in the wrath H5678 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , and in the day H3117 of his fierce H2740 anger H639 .
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14. "Then the people from Babylon will run away like hunted deer or like sheep who have no shepherd. Everyone will turn back to his own people; each will run back to his own land.
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14. And it shall be H1961 as the chased H5080 roe H6643 , and as a sheep H6629 that no H369 man taketh up H6908 : they shall every man H376 turn H6437 to H413 his own people H5971 , and flee H5127 every one H376 into H413 his own land H776 .
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15. Everyone who is captured will be killed; everyone who is caught will be killed with a sword.
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15. Every one H3605 that is found H4672 shall be thrust through H1856 ; and every one H3605 that is joined H5595 unto them shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 .
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16. Their little children will be beaten to death in front of them. Their houses will be robbed and their wives raped.
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16. Their children H5768 also shall be dashed H7376 to pieces before their eyes H5869 ; their houses H1004 shall be spoiled H8155 , and their wives H802 ravished H7693 .
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17. "Look, I will cause the armies of Media to attack Babylon. They do not care about silver or delight in gold.
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17. Behold H2009 , I will stir up H5782 H853 the Medes H4074 against H5921 them, which H834 shall not H3808 regard H2803 silver H3701 ; and as for gold H2091 , they shall not H3808 delight H2654 in it.
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18. Their soldiers will shoot the young men with arrows; they will show no mercy on children, nor will they feel sorry for little ones.
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18. Their bows H7198 also shall dash H7376 the young men H5288 to pieces ; and they shall have no H3808 pity H7355 on the fruit H6529 of the womb H990 ; their eye H5869 shall not H3808 spare H2347 H5921 children H1121 .
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19. Babylon is the most beautiful of all kingdoms, and the Babylonians are very proud of it. like Sodom and Gomorrah.
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19. And Babylon H894 , the glory H6643 of kingdoms H4467 , the beauty H8597 of the Chaldees H3778 ' excellency H1347 , shall be H1961 as when God H430 overthrew H4114 H853 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017 .
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20. No one will ever live there or settle there again. No Arab will put a tent there; no shepherd will bring sheep there.
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20. It shall never H3808 H5331 be inhabited H3427 , neither H3808 shall it be dwelt H7931 in from generation H1755 to H5704 generation H1755 : neither H3808 shall the Arabian H6163 pitch tent H167 there H8033 ; neither H3808 shall the shepherds H7462 make their fold H7257 there H8033 .
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21. Only desert animals will live there, and their houses will be full of wild dogs. Owls will live there, and wild goats will leap about in the houses.
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21. But wild beasts of the desert H6728 shall lie H7257 there H8033 ; and their houses H1004 shall be full H4390 of doleful creatures H255 ; and owls H1323 H3284 shall dwell H7931 there H8033 , and satyrs H8163 shall dance H7540 there H8033 .
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22. Wolves will howl within the strong walls, and wild dogs will bark in the beautiful buildings. The end of Babylon is near; its time is almost over."
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22. And the wild beasts of the islands H338 shall cry H6030 in their desolate houses H490 , and dragons H8577 in their pleasant H6027 palaces H1964 : and her time H6256 is near H7138 to come H935 , and her days H3117 shall not H3808 be prolonged H4900 .
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