You have set up a banner for those who fear you, to rally to it out of bowshot. Selah
Isaiah 13:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 On a bare hill raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Raise up a signal banner upon the high and bare mountain, summon them [the Medes and Persians] with loud voice and beckoning hand that they may enter the gates of the [Babylonian] nobles. American Standard Version (1901) Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. Common English Bible On a bare mountain raise a signal; cry aloud to them; wave a hand; let them enter the officials’ gates. Catholic Public Domain Version Over the foggy mountain lift up a sign! Raise the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers enter through the gates! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner. Exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates. |
You have set up a banner for those who fear you, to rally to it out of bowshot. Selah
This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fist at the mount of daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
And the Lord will dry up the tongue of the sea of Egypt and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching wind and will split it into seven channels and make a way to cross on foot;
All you inhabitants of the world, you who live on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, listen!
On that day the Egyptians will be like women and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts raises against them.
His rock shall pass away in terror, and his officers desert the standard in panic,” says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
He will raise a signal for a nation far away and whistle for a people at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly, speedily!
Declare among the nations and proclaim; set up a banner and proclaim; do not conceal it, say: “Babylon is taken; Bel is put to shame; Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame; her idols are dismayed.”
Look, a people is coming from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
Raise a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; post sentinels; prepare the ambushes, for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the Lord, that destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you and roll you down from the crags and make you a burned-out mountain.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations only for fire, and they have become weary.