Through My Bible Yr 1 – December 19
Bible reading based on Isaiah 13-14:23 (NIV84) 1An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: 2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, 3 I have commanded my holy ones; 4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,
5 They come from faraway lands, 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; 7 Because of this, all hands will go limp, 8 Terror will seize them, 9 See, the day of the LORD is coming
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations 11 I will punish the world for its evil, 12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; 14 Like a hunted gazelle, 15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through; 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; 17 See, I will stir up against them the Medes, 18 Their bows will strike down the young men; 19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, 20 She will never be inhabited 21 But desert creatures will lie there, 22 Hyenas will howl in her strongholds, 1 The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; 2 Nations will take them 3 On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage, 5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, 6 which in anger struck down peoples 7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; 8 Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon 9 The grave [d] below is all astir 10 They will all respond, 11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, 12 How you have fallen from heaven, 13 You said in your heart, 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 15 But you are brought down to the grave, 16 Those who see you stare at you, 17 the man who made the world a desert, 18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, 19 But you are cast out of your tomb 20 you will not join them in burial, 21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons 22 “I will rise up against them,” 23 “I will turn her into a place for owls
Through My Bible – December 19
See series: Through My BibleIsaiah 13
A Prophecy Against Babylon
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of the nobles.
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath—
those who rejoice in my triumph.
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The LORD Almighty is mustering
an army for war.
from the ends of the heavens—
the LORD and the weapons of his wrath—
to destroy the whole country.
it will come like destruction from the Almighty. [a]
every man’s heart will melt.
pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.
—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
more rare than the gold of Ophir.
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.
like sheep without a shepherd,
each will return to his own people,
each will flee to his native land.
all who are caught will fall by the sword.
their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.
they will have no mercy on infants
nor will they look with compassion on children.
the glory of the Babylonians’ [b] pride,
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.
or lived in through all generations;
no Arab will pitch his tent there,
no shepherd will rest his flocks there.
jackals will fill her houses;
there the owls will dwell,
and there the wild goats will leap about.
jackals in her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,
and her days will not be prolonged.Isaiah 14
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Aliens will join them
and unite with the house of Jacob.
and bring them to their own place.
And the house of Israel will possess the nations
as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury [c]has ended!
the scepter of the rulers,
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
they break into singing.
exult over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no woodsman comes to cut us down.”
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—
all those who were leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
“I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [e]
I will make myself like the Most High.”
to the depths of the pit.
they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”
each in his own tomb.
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
The offspring of the wicked
will never be mentioned again.
for the sins of their forefathers;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
declares the LORD Almighty.
“I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,”
declares the LORD.
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”
declares the LORD Almighty.
Footnotes:
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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