<vn='1'>The <sn="4853">burden</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s> did <sn="2372">see</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Lift ye <sn="5375">up</s> a <sn="5251">banner</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="8192">high</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>, <sn="7311">exalt</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> unto them, <sn="5130">shake</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s>, that they may <sn="935">go</s> into the <sn="6607">gates</s> of the <sn="5081">nobles</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="589">I</s> have <sn="6680">commanded</s> my sanctified <sn="6942">ones</s>, I have <sn="1571">also</s><sn="7121">called</s> my mighty <sn="1368">ones</s> for mine <sn="639">anger</s>, even them that <sn="5947">rejoice</s> in my <sn="1346">highness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="6963">noise</s> of a <sn="1995">multitude</s> in the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, <sn="1823">like</s> as of a <sn="7227">great</s><sn="5971">people</s>; a <sn="7588">tumultuous</s><sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of <sn="1471">nations</s> gathered <sn="622">together</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="6485">mustereth</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of the <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>They <sn="935">come</s> from a far <sn="4480 4801 776">country</s>, from the <sn="4480 7097">end</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, even the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="3627">weapons</s> of his <sn="2195">indignation</s>, to <sn="2254">destroy</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3213">Howl</s> ye; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is at <sn="7138">hand</s>; it shall <sn="935">come</s> as a <sn="7701">destruction</s> from the <sn="4480 7706">Almighty</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> shall <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="7503">faint</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="582">man</s> 's <sn="3824">heart</s> shall <sn="4549">melt</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>And they shall be <sn="926">afraid</s>: <sn="6735">pangs</s> and <sn="2256">sorrows</s> shall take <sn="270">hold</s> of them; they shall be in <sn="2342">pain</s> as a woman that <sn="3205">travaileth</s>: they shall be <sn="8539">amazed</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="413">at</s><sn="7453">another</s>; their <sn="6440">faces</s> shall be as <sn="6440 3851">flames</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">cometh</s>, <sn="394">cruel</s> both with <sn="5678">wrath</s> and <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s>, to <sn="7760">lay</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="8047">desolate</s>: and he shall <sn="8045">destroy</s> the <sn="2400">sinners</s> thereof out <sn="4480">of</s> it. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3556">stars</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s> and the <sn="3685">constellations</s> thereof shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1984">give</s> their <sn="216">light</s>: the <sn="8121">sun</s> shall be <sn="2821">darkened</s> in his going <sn="3318">forth</s>, and the <sn="3394">moon</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> cause her <sn="216">light</s> to <sn="5050">shine</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And I will <sn="6485">punish</s> the <sn="8398">world</s><sn="5921">for</s> their <sn="7451">evil</s>, and the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="5921">for</s> their <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; and I will cause the <sn="1347">arrogance</s> of the <sn="2086">proud</s> to <sn="7673">cease</s>, and will lay <sn="8213">low</s> the <sn="1346">haughtiness</s> of the <sn="6184">terrible</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>I will make a <sn="582">man</s> more <sn="3365">precious</s> than fine <sn="4480 6337">gold</s>; even a <sn="120">man</s> than the golden <sn="4480 3800">wedge</s> of <sn="211">Ophir</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> I will <sn="7264">shake</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and the <sn="776">earth</s> shall <sn="7493">remove</s> out of her <sn="4480 4725">place</s>, in the <sn="5678">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and in the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="5080">chased</s><sn="6643">roe</s>, and as a <sn="6629">sheep</s> that <sn="369">no</s> man taketh <sn="6908">up</s>: they shall every <sn="376">man</s><sn="6437">turn</s><sn="413">to</s> his own <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="5127">flee</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="413">into</s> his own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Every <sn="3605">one</s> that is <sn="4672">found</s> shall be thrust <sn="1856">through</s>; and every <sn="3605">one</s> that is <sn="5595">joined</s> unto them shall <sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Their <sn="5768">children</s> also shall be <sn="7376">dashed</s> to pieces before their <sn="5869">eyes</s>; their <sn="1004">houses</s> shall be <sn="8155">spoiled</s>, and their <sn="802">wives</s><sn="7693">ravished</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will stir <sn="5782">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4074">Medes</s><sn="5921">against</s> them, <sn="834">which</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2803">regard</s><sn="3701">silver</s>; and as for <sn="2091">gold</s>, they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2654">delight</s> in it. </v>
<vn='18'> Their <sn="7198">bows</s> also shall <sn="7376">dash</s> the young <sn="5288">men</s> to pieces; and they shall have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="7355">pity</s> on the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of the <sn="990">womb</s>; their <sn="5869">eye</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2347 5921">spare</s><sn="1121">children</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="894">Babylon</s>, the <sn="6643">glory</s> of <sn="4467">kingdoms</s>, the <sn="8597">beauty</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s> ' <sn="1347">excellency</s>, shall <sn="1961">be</s> as when <sn="430">God</s><sn="4114">overthrew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5467">Sodom</s> and <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>It shall <sn="3808 5331">never</s> be <sn="3427">inhabited</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall it be <sn="7931">dwelt</s> in from <sn="1755">generation</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="1755">generation</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="6163">Arabian</s> pitch <sn="167">tent</s><sn="8033">there</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="7462">shepherds</s> make their <sn="7257">fold</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>But wild beasts of the <sn="6728">desert</s> shall <sn="7257">lie</s><sn="8033">there</s>; and their <sn="1004">houses</s> shall be <sn="4390">full</s> of doleful <sn="255">creatures</s>; and <sn="1323 3284">owls</s> shall <sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="8033">there</s>, and <sn="8163">satyrs</s> shall <sn="7540">dance</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the wild beasts of the <sn="338">islands</s> shall <sn="6030">cry</s> in their desolate <sn="490">houses</s>, and <sn="8577">dragons</s> in their <sn="6027">pleasant</s><sn="1964">palaces</s>: and her <sn="6256">time</s> is <sn="7138">near</s> to <sn="935">come</s>, and her <sn="3117">days</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4900">prolonged</s>. </v>