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Isaiah 18:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Everyone on this earth, listen with care! A signal will be given on the mountains, and you will hear a trumpet.

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From east to west, the powerful LORD God has been calling together everyone on earth.

The LORD has said, “Listen, heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me.

He will give a signal to the nations, and he will bring together the refugees from Judah and Israel, who have been scattered all over the earth.

From high on a barren hill give a signal, shout the orders, and point the way to enter the gates of Babylon's proud rulers.

Listen to the noisy crowds on the mountains! Kingdoms and nations are joining forces. The LORD All-Powerful is bringing together an army for battle.

Your hand is raised and ready to punish them, but they don't see it. Put them to shame! Show how much you care for us and throw them into the fire intended for your enemies.

Their fortress will fall when terror strikes; their army officers will be frightened and run from the battle. This is what the LORD has said, the LORD whose fiery furnace is built on Mount Zion.

The LORD God says: “I will soon give a signal for the nations to return your sons and your daughters to the arms of Jerusalem.

The LORD has signalled for the foreign nations to come and attack you. He has already whistled, and they are coming as fast as they can.

When that time comes, the LORD will whistle, and armies will come from Egypt like flies and from Assyria like bees.

Land of Judah, I am the LORD. Now listen to what I say!

Signal the nations to get ready to attack. Raise a flag and blow a trumpet. Send for the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Choose a commander; let the cavalry attack like a swarm of locusts.

Listen, all of you! Earth and everything on it, pay close attention. The LORD God accuses you from his holy temple.

Israel, I am bringing charges against you— I call upon the mountains and the earth's firm foundation to be my witnesses.

I am the LORD, and it makes sense to respect my power to punish. So listen to my message for the city of Jerusalem:

Like a cloud, the LORD God will appear over his people, and his arrows will flash like lightning. God will sound his trumpet and attack in a whirlwind from the south.

But God has blessed you, because your eyes can see and your ears can hear!

If you have ears, pay attention!




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