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Isaiah 13:5

Good News Translation

They are coming from far-off countries at the ends of the earth. In his anger the Lord is coming to devastate the whole country.

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“The brave soldiers have fallen, their weapons abandoned and useless.”

The Lord said, “Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry.

The Lord says, “I am stirring up the Medes to attack Babylon. They care nothing for silver and are not tempted by gold.

The Lord is going to devastate the earth and leave it desolate. He will twist the earth's surface and scatter its people.

Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over.

The Lord's power and glory can be seen in the distance. Fire and smoke show his anger. He speaks, and his words burn like fire.

The Lord is angry with all the nations and all their armies. He has condemned them to destruction.

“Assemble and listen, all of you! None of the gods could predict that the man I have chosen would attack Babylon; he will do what I want him to do.

The Lord gives a signal to call for a distant nation. He whistles for them to come from the ends of the earth. And here they come, swiftly, quickly!

When you see this happen, you will be glad; it will make you strong and healthy. Then you will know that I, the Lord, help those who obey me, and I show my anger against my enemies.”

“When that time comes, the Lord will whistle as a signal for the Egyptians to come like flies from the farthest branches of the Nile, and for the Assyrians to come from their land like bees.

I have opened the place where my weapons are stored, and in my anger I have taken them out, because I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have work to do in Babylonia.

“A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there.”

I am going to stir up a group of strong nations in the north and make them attack Babylonia. They will line up in battle against the country and conquer it. They are skillful hunters, shooting arrows that never miss the mark.

The Lord has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylonia. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command, “Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!

Listen! Throughout the land I hear my people crying out, “Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is Zion's king no longer there?” The Lord, their king, replies, “Why have you made me angry by worshiping your idols and by bowing down to your useless foreign gods?”

So I will turn my anger loose on them, and like a fire I will destroy them for what they have done.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

The great trumpet will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other.




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