Isaiah 13

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Isaiah 13:1-22 (KJV)

 1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 

This is a heavy message and Isaiah did not hold back.

Lord, I pray that we hear every word you said without hesitation.

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.

I am openly telling the Babylons that I will confront you so the world will know you have been judged by God.

 

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness.

I have a special force who is not afraid to carry out my orders.  I have hired the best of warriors to defeat you.

 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. 

When you hear the noise of the army against you, you will remember my words spoken by Isaiah.

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. 

I the Lord will be commander and chief that will be commander and chief against you, Babylon.

6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 

You will cry Babylon.  I give you permission to cry loudly and cry long.

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 

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. 

The pain that will be delivered to you will hurt.  You hurt others and live to rejoice.  The table has turned against you.

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. 

You thought yourself cruel?  God will redefine cruel and you will know true cruelty.

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. 

Even the light of day and the light of the night, will not respond when I destroy your pride and name.

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.

I told you before, I punish wickedness.  I am the only one who has the power and authority to rule over people.  Please do not parade in my space. 

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 

There will be a loss of a great amount of men/people.

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. 

Can you shake heaven?  I can say the Lord.  Not only heaven, but I will also shake both heaven and earth.  You made the world afraid, I will show you what you could not do.  You will shake too.

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. 

You will run and be afraid, but it will not matter.  You will run to your own land and I will be there too.

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword. 

You will not survive.

16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 

You brought death to your own children.  When the army against you comes against you, age won't matter.  Let this be a warning!  This is war!

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. 

I will cause an army that will be delighted to wipe you out.  Sounds cruel?  If only you would have treated people right, all of this could have been avoided.

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. 

You kill babies, your sons and daughters will be killed.  This army spares no one.

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

You were known to all countries around you to be a place everyone wanted to see.  You blew your own house down.  Now I am watching to see what you did to others, it will now be done to you. 

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. 

The only thing left about you will be a history of what happened to you.  NO one will ever rebuild you again.  I promise.

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. 

You built your city to live like animals, now animals will occupy your space.

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.

Your guess will be wild and this will be their new habitat.

God means for us to treat people right.  Even when they are under His discipline, be careful how you treat all of mankind.