1 An oracle concerning Babylon, seen by Isaiah, son of Amoz:
2 On a bare hilltop raise a banner; cry aloud to them, wave a hand for them to enter the Gates of the Nobles.
3 I have ordered my sacred knights, I have summoned my mighty warriors - all those who rejoice in my triumph - I have commanded them to carry out my wrath.
4 Listen, a rumbling on the mountains as of a great multitude! Listen, a tumultuous uproar as of kingdoms massing together! Yes, Yahweh Sabaoth is mustering his army.
5 From faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens they come - Yahweh and the instruments of his wrath - to destroy the whole earth.
6 Wail, for the day of Yahweh is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7 Every man's arm will go limp, every man's heart will fail him,
8 Everyone will be gripped with terror. Pain and sorrow taking hold of them, men will be in anguish like women in travail. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame as with fever.
9 See how the day of Yahweh comes: it is a cruel day coming with wrath and fierce anger. It will make the earth desolate; it will destroy sinners within it.
10 The stars and constellations at night will send forth no light, the moon will not shine; in the morning the sun will be dark as it rises.
11 I punish the world for the evil it does, and the wicked for their sins. I make the arrogance of the proud cease I end the haughtiness of the ruthless.
12 I will make men scarcer than gold and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13 This is why the heavens tremble and the earth shakes its foundation, at the wrath of Yahweh Sabaoth on the day of his burning anger.
14 Like a hunted gazelle, or like a flock without a shepherd everyone returns to his own people, each one flees to his native land.
15 Whoever is captured will be butchered, whoever is caught will be slaughtered.
16 Their babies will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, their wives raped.
17 Against them I will stir up the Medes, who don't crave for money and are not interested in gold.
18 Their bows and arrows will strike down young men without mercy or compassion. They do not spare infants and children.
19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, pride and glory of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when overthrown by God.
20 She will never be inhabited, nor dwelt in from age to age. There no Arab will pitch his tent, no shepherd will tend his flock.
21 There wild beasts of the desert will lie, howling creatures will fill the houses, owls and ostriches will dwell there and wild goats will leap about.
22 There mad dogs will cry out in her strongholds, and jackals in her palaces. Her time is close at hand; her days are now numbered.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 13:
Isaiah 13 talks about God's judgment about Babylon and neighboring peoples because of their idolatry and oppression. The following verses relate to the themes of the chapter:
Jeremiah 50:15: "Shout at her everywhere! She surrendered; her columns fell, her walls were overthrown. This is the punishment of the Lord; let us get to her; let her what she deserves!" This verse shows God's judgment upon Babylon, fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy 13.
Isaiah 14:22-23: "I will get up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and will eliminate the name and the rest of Babylon, his descendants and his sons, says the Lord. The water of the lagation; and there will be no one who lives there, nor who dwells in it, from generation to generation. " This verse shows the complete destruction of Babylon by God.
Revelation 18:6-8: "Give her as she has returned to you, and repay to her twice, according to her works; in the chalice she mixed, mix to her twice. So much of torment and weeping; for she says in her heart: I am sitting as queen and I am not a widow, and in no way will I see weeping. So, in one day will come your pests: death, weeping and hunger; and will be consumed in fire; for powerful is the Lord God who judges it. " This verse talks about the judgment of Babylon in the last days, in accordance with the prophecies of Isaiah 13.
Jeremiah 51:7: "Babylon was a glass of gold in the hand of the Lord, who drunk the whole earth; the nations drank from their wine, so the nations are mad." This verse shows how Babylon has become a symbol of oppression and corruption for all nations, and how God will judge it for it.
Naum 1:2-3: "The Lord is the zealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenger and full of furor; the Lord takes revenge against his opponents and keeps the wrath to his enemies. but large in power, and in no way will the culprit innocent. " This verse shows that God is a righteous and vengeful God that will not allow injustice and oppression to remune.
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