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1. The burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
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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. Lift up a banner on a bare mountain; make the voice rise to them; wave the hand that they may enter the gates of nobles.
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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 have commanded My holy ones; I have also called My warriors for My anger, those exultant at My majesty.
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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. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! A noise of tumult of the kingdoms of nations gathered together; Jehovah of Hosts is calling up an army for the 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. They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the weapons of His wrath, to destroy all the land.
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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. Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand. It shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
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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. On account of this all hands shall droop, and every heart of man shall melt;
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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. and they shall be afraid. Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain like one giving birth; they shall be amazed, each man to his neighbor; faces of flames shall be their faces.
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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. Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, cruel and with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land waste. And He shall destroy its sinners out of 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. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations shall not give light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not reflect 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. And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease; and I will humble the pride of tyrants.
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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. I will make a man more rare than fine gold; even a man more than the carvings of 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. So I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall move out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, and in the day of His fierce 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. And it shall be as a gazelle driven away, and as a sheep no one gathers; each man shall look to his own people, and each one shall flee to his 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 found shall be pierced through; yea, everyone who is swept away shall fall by the 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. And their children shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall 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. Behold! I stir up the Medes against them, who shall not value silver. And they shall not 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. And bows shall also smash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare sons.
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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. And Babylon, the glory of the kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans, shall be as when God overthrew 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. It shall not be lived in forever, nor shall it be lived in from generation to generation. And the Arabian shall not pitch a tent there, nor shall the shepherds make flocks lie down 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. But the desert creatures shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of howling creatures; and daughters of ostriches shall dwell there; and he goats shall skip there.
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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. And hyenas shall cry along with his widows; and jackals in palaces of delight. Yea, her time to come is near, and her days shall not be prolonged.
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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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