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

2 Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones. 4 The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

6 Wail, for Yahweh’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. 8 They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame. 9 Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. 10 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. 11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the arrogance of the terrible. 12 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 It will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land. 15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword. 16 Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 18 Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children. 19 Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there. 21 But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there. 22 Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.

1 亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚得到关于巴比伦的默示：

2 你要在光秃的山上竖起旗帜， 向众人扬声挥手， 叫他们进入权贵的门。

3 我向我特选的军兵下了命令； 我也呼召了我的勇士， 就是那些骄傲自夸的人， 去执行我在怒气中所要作的。

4 听啊！ 山上有喧哗的声音， 好像是众多的人民； 听啊！ 有多国的人的嘈杂声， 好像是列国聚集在一起。万军之耶和华正在数点军兵， 预备打仗。

5 他们从远地而来， 从天边而来。就是耶和华和他恼怒的工具， 要毁灭这全地。

6 哀号吧！ 因为耶和华的日子近了， 这日子来到， 好像毁灭从全能者那里来到一样。

7 因此， 各人的手都必发软， 各人也必心惊胆战。

8 他们都要惊惶失措， 疼痛与痛苦必抓住他们； 他们必绞痛， 像生产中的妇人一样。他们在惊愕中彼此对望， 面色像火焰一般。

9 看哪！ 耶和华的日子快来到， 必有残忍、愤恨与烈怒， 使这地荒凉， 使其中的罪人灭绝。

10 天上的星星和众星座不再发光； 太阳刚出来就变为黑暗， 月亮也不再发光。

11 我必因世界的邪恶施行刑罚， 也必因恶人的罪孽惩罚他们； 我要使狂妄人的骄傲止息， 使强暴人的狂傲降卑。

12 我必使人比精金还少， 使人比俄斐的金更稀罕。

13 在万军之耶和华发怒的时候， 就是我大发烈怒的日子， 我要使天震动， 大地必摇撼， 离开本位。

14 人必像被追猎的羚羊， 又像无人招聚的羊群， 各自归向本族， 各自逃回本地。

15 凡被追上的， 必被刺死； 凡被捉住的， 必倒在刀下。

16 他们的婴孩必在他们眼前被摔死； 他们的房屋必被抢掠， 他们的妻子必被污辱。

17 看哪！ 我要激动玛代人来攻击他们。玛代人不重视银子， 也不喜爱金子。

18 他们的弓箭必射倒年轻人， 他们不怜悯妇人腹中的婴儿； 他们的眼也不顾惜小孩。

19 巴比伦本是列国中的华美， 是迦勒底人引以为傲的荣耀， 必像 神倾覆的所多玛、蛾摩拉一样。

20 那地必永远没有居民， 世世代代无人居住； 阿拉伯人不在那里搭帐幕； 牧羊人也不领羊群躺卧在那里。

21 躺卧在那里的， 只有旷野的走兽； 充满着他们房屋的， 只有吼叫着的野兽； 鸵鸟住在那里， 野山羊在那里跳跃。

22 豺狼必在巴比伦的宫中呼号， 野狗必在他们华美的殿里吠叫。巴比伦受罚的时候临近了， 它的日子必不长久。