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The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
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"Lift up a banner on the high mountain, Raise your voice to them; Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
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I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger-- Those who rejoice in My exaltation."
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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The Lord of hosts musters The army for battle.
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They come from a far country, From the end of heaven-- The Lord and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.
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Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,
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And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.
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Behold, the day of the Lord comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.
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For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.