1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.