# Isaiah 13

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: [2] Raise a banner on a barren hilltop;
call aloud to them.
Wave your hand,
that they may enter the gates of the nobles. [3] I have commanded My sanctified ones;
I have even summoned My warriors
to execute My wrath
and exult in My triumph. [4] Listen, a tumult on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations gathered together!
The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing
an army for war. [5] They are coming from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens—
the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—
to destroy the whole country. [6] Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near;
it will come as destruction from the Almighty. [7] Therefore all hands will fall limp,
and every man’s heart will melt. [8] Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.
They will look at one another,
their faces flushed with fear. [9] Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—
cruel, with fury and burning anger—
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy the sinners within it. [10] For the stars of heaven and their constellations
will not give their light.
The rising sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light. [11] I will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their iniquity.
I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant
and lay low the pride of the ruthless. [12] I will make man scarcer than pure gold,
and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. [13] Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
and the earth will be shaken from its place
at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts
on the day of His burning anger. [14] Like a hunted gazelle,
like a sheep without a shepherd,
each will return to his own people,
each will flee to his native land. [15] Whoever is caught will be stabbed,
and whoever is captured will die by the sword. [16] Their infants will be dashed to pieces
before their eyes,
their houses will be looted,
and their wives will be ravished. [17] Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes,
who have no regard for silver
and no desire for gold. [18] Their bows will dash young men to pieces;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
they will not look with pity on the children. [19] And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah. [20] She will never be inhabited
or settled from generation to generation;
no nomad will pitch his tent there,
no shepherd will rest his flock there. [21] But desert creatures will lie down there,
and howling creatures will fill her houses.
Ostriches will dwell there,
and wild goats will leap about. [22] Hyenas will howl in her fortresses
and jackals in her luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is at hand,
and her days will not be prolonged.

## Places in this chapter

- **Sodom** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/sodom
- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1
- **Ophir** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ophir
- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea
- **Gomorrah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gomorrah

## Each verse

- Isaiah 13:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/1
- Isaiah 13:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/2
- Isaiah 13:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/3
- Isaiah 13:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/4
- Isaiah 13:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/5
- Isaiah 13:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/6
- Isaiah 13:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/7
- Isaiah 13:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/8
- Isaiah 13:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/9
- Isaiah 13:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/10
- Isaiah 13:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/11
- Isaiah 13:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/12
- Isaiah 13:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/13
- Isaiah 13:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/14
- Isaiah 13:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/15
- Isaiah 13:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/16
- Isaiah 13:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/17
- Isaiah 13:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/18
- Isaiah 13:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/19
- Isaiah 13:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/20
- Isaiah 13:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/21
- Isaiah 13:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/13/22