Jehu said to Bidkar his assistant, ‘Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the Lord uttered this pronouncement against him:
Isaiah 13:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz saw [with prophetic insight]: American Standard Version (1901) The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Common English Bible An oracle about Babylon, which Isaiah, Amoz’s son, saw. Catholic Public Domain Version The burden of Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version THE burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw. |
Jehu said to Bidkar his assistant, ‘Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the Lord uttered this pronouncement against him:
The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah.
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.
A pronouncement concerning Damascus: Look, Damascus is no longer a city. It has become a ruined heap.
A pronouncement concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.
during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, ‘Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,’ and he did that, going stripped and barefoot #– #
A pronouncement concerning Arabia: In the desert brush you will camp for the night, you caravans of Dedanites.
A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?
On that day’ #– #the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.’ Indeed, the Lord has spoken.
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: Because of you, I will send an army to Babylon and bring all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.
After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord.
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
This is the word the Lord spoke about Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah:
We are ashamed because we have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord’s temple.
Say to them, “This is what the Lord God says: This pronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem and the whole house of Israel living there.”
“Peres” , means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’
his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that he soiled himself and his knees knocked together.
The pronouncement concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
A pronouncement: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. A declaration of the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him.
A pronouncement: The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its resting place – for the eyes of humanity and all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord –
and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
And another, a second angel, followed, saying, ‘It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen. She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath.’