1. The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2. Lift up a banner on the high mountain,exalt the voice to them,shake the hand,that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3. I have commanded My sanctified ones,I have also called My mighty ones for My anger,even those who rejoice in My exaltation.
4. The noise of a multitude in the mountains,like as of a great people!A tumultuous noise of the kingdomsof nations gathered together!The Lord of Hosts mustersthe army for battle.
5. They come from a far country,from the end of heaven,the Lord and the weapons of His indignation,to destroy the whole land.
6. Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
7. Therefore all hands shall be faint,and every man’s heart shall melt,
8. and they shall be afraid.Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;they shall be in pain as a woman who travails;they shall be amazed one at another;their faces shall be as flames.
9. See, the day of the Lord comes,cruel, both with wrath and fierce anger,to lay the land desolate,and He shall destroy its sinners out of it.