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\v 1 I, Isaiah son of Amoz, received from Yahweh this message about the city of Babylon:
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\q1
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\v 2 Lift up a flag on the bare top of a hill,
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\q2 to signal that an army should come to attack Babylon.
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\q1 Shout to them and wave your hand to signal to them
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\q2 that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud rulers of Babylon!
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\q1
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\v 3 Yahweh says, "I have commanded those who are set apart to do this work for me—
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\q2 I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish the people of Babylon because I am very angry with them,
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\q2 and those soldiers will be very proud when they do that."
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\v 4 Listen to the noise on the mountains,
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\q2 which is the noise of a huge army marching!
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\q1 It is the noise made by people of many people groups shouting.
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\q2 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has summoned this army to gather together.
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\q1
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\v 5 They come from countries that are far away,
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\q2 from the most remote places on the earth.
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\q1 They are like weapons that Yahweh will use to punish the people with whom he is very angry,
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\q2 and to destroy the entire country of Babylonia.
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\v 6 You people of Babylon will scream because you will be terrified,
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\q2 because it will be the time that Yahweh has determined,
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\q2 the time for the all-powerful God to destroy your city.
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\v 7 Because that will happen, all of your people will be very afraid,
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\q2 with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms.
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\v 8 All of you will be terrified.
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\q2 You will have severe pains
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\q2 like a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby.
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\q1 You will look at each other helplessly,
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\q2 and it will show on your faces that you feel horror.
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\v 9 Listen to this, you people of Babylon: The day that Yahweh has chosen to act in is near,
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\q2 the day on which he will furiously and fiercely punish you because he is very angry with you.
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\q1 He will cause your land of Babylonia to be desolate,
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\q2 and he will destroy all the sinners in it.
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\v 10 When that happens, none of the stars will shine.
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\q2 When the sun rises, it will be dark,
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\q1 and there will be no light from the moon at night.
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\v 11 Yahweh says, "I will punish everyone in the world for the evil things that they do;
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\q2 I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed.
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\q1 I will stop arrogant people from being proud,
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\q2 and I will stop cruel people from being so arrogant.
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\v 12 And because I will cause most people to die,
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\q2 people will be harder to find than gold,
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\q1 harder to find than fine gold from Ophir in Arabia.
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\v 13 I will shake the sky,
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\q2 and the earth will also move out of its place.
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\q1 That will happen when I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, punish wicked people,
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\q2 when I show them that I am extremely angry with them.
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\v 14 All the foreigners in Babylon will run around like deer that are being hunted,
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\q2 like sheep that do not have a shepherd.
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\q1 They will try to find other people from their countries,
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\q2 and then they will escape from Babylon and return to their own countries.
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\v 15 Anyone who is captured in Babylon
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\q2 will be killed by their enemies' swords.
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\v 16 Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while their parents watch;
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\q2 their enemies will steal everything valuable from their houses and will force their wives to sleep with them.
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\v 17 Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon.
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\q2 The army of Media will attack Babylon, even if they are offered silver or gold if they promise to not attack it.
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\v 18 With their arrows, the soldiers of Media will shoot the young men of Babylon;
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\q2 they will not even act mercifully toward infants or children!"
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\v 19 Babylon has been a very beautiful city;
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\q2 all the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, their capital city;
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\q1 but God will destroy Babylon,
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\q2 like he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
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\v 20 No one will ever live in Babylon again.
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\q2 It will be deserted forever.
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\q1 Nomads will refuse to set up their tents there;
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\q2 shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
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\v 21 Animals that live in the desert will be there;
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\q2 jackals will live in the ruins of the houses.
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\q1 Owls will live in the ruins,
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\q2 and ostriches and wild goats will romp around there.
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\v 22 Hyenas will howl in the ruined towers,
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\q2 and jackals will make their dens in the ruins of the palaces that were previously very beautiful.
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\q1 The time when Babylon will be destroyed is very near;
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\q2 Babylon will not exist much longer.
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