1	The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see# .
			2	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.
			3	I have commanded# my sanctified ones# , I have also called# my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
			4	The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together# : the LORD of hosts mustereth# the host of the battle. [like...: Heb. the likeness of]
			5	They come# from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy# the whole land.
			6	Howl# ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come# as a destruction from the Almighty.
			7	Therefore shall all hands be faint# , and every man's heart shall melt# : [be faint: or, fall down]
			8	And they shall be afraid# : pangs and sorrows shall take hold# of them; they shall be in pain# as a woman that travaileth# : they shall be amazed# one at another; their faces shall be as flames. [be amazed: Heb. wonder] [one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour] [flames: Heb. faces of the flames]
			9	Behold, the day of the LORD cometh# , cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay# the land desolate: and he shall destroy# the sinners thereof out of it.
			10	For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give# their light: the sun shall be darkened# in his going forth# , and the moon shall not cause her light to shine# .
			11	And I will punish# the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease# , and will lay low# the haughtiness of the terrible.
			12	I will make a man more precious# than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
			13	Therefore I will shake# the heavens, and the earth shall remove# out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
			14	And it shall be as the chased# roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up# : they shall every man turn# to his own people, and flee# every one into his own land.
			15	Every one that is found# shall be thrust through# ; and every one that is joined# unto them shall fall# by the sword.
			16	Their children also shall be dashed to pieces# before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled# , and their wives ravished# # # # .
			17	Behold, I will stir up# the Medes against them, which shall not regard# silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight# in it.
			18	Their bows also shall dash# the young men to pieces# ; and they shall have no pity# on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare# children.
			19	And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. [as...: Heb. as the overthrowing]
			20	It shall never be inhabited# , neither shall it be dwelt# in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent# there; neither shall the shepherds# make their fold# there.
			21	But wild beasts of the desert shall lie# there; and their houses shall be full# of doleful creatures; and owls# shall dwell# there, and satyrs shall dance# there. [wild...: Heb. Ziim] [doleful...: Heb. Ochim] [owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl]
			22	And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry# in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come# , and her days shall not be prolonged# . [the wild...: Heb. Iim] [desolate...: or, palaces]