2 Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ones.
2 (D)Lift up a standard on the (b)(E)bare hill,Raise your voice to them,(F)Wave the hand that they may (G)enter the doors of the nobles.
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.
2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.(C)Call out to them.Wave your hand, and they will gothrough the gates of the nobles.
2 "Raise a banner on a bare hilltop! Cry out loud to them! Give a wave of the hand, signaling for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.
3 I have commanded My consecrated ones,I have even called My (H)mighty warriors,My proudly exulting ones,To execute My anger.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
3 I have commanded My chosen ones;I have also called My warriors,who exult in My triumph,to execute My wrath.(D)
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also summoned my warriors, those who rejoice in my triumph, to carry out my angry judgments.
4 The noise of great numbers in the mountains, like the noise of a strong people! The noise of the kingdoms of the nations meeting together! The Lord of armies is numbering his forces for war.
4 A (I)sound of tumult on the mountains,Like that of many people!A sound of the uproar of kingdoms,Of nations gathered together!The Lord of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
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.
4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains,like that of a mighty people!Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,like nations being gathered together!The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
4 "Listen! There's a noise on the mountains like that of a great multitude! Listen! There's an uproar among the kingdoms, like that of nations massing together! The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is mustering an army for battle.
5 They come from a far country, from the farthest part of heaven, even the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, with destruction for all the land.
5 They are coming from a far country,From the (c)(J)farthest horizons,The Lord and His instruments of (K)indignation,To (L)destroy the whole land.
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.
5 They are coming from a far land,from the distant horizon—the Lord and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.(a)
5 They're coming from a faraway land, from the distant horizon the LORD and the weapons of his anger to destroy the entire land."
6 Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
6 Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!
7 For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
7 Therefore everyone’s hands will become weak,and every man’s heart will melt.
7 Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.
8 Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.
8 They will be (Q)terrified,Pains and anguish will take hold of them;They will (R)writhe like a woman in labor,They will look at one another in astonishment,Their faces aflame.
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.
8 They will be horrified;pain and agony will seize them;they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.(G)They will look at each other,their faces flushed with fear.
8 They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.
9 See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.
9 Behold, (S)the day of the Lord is coming,Cruel, with fury and burning anger,To make the land a desolation;And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
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.
9 Look, the day(H) of the Lord is coming—cruel, with rage and burning anger—to make the earth a desolationand to destroy the sinners on it.(I)
9 Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from it.
10 For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.
10 For the (T)stars of heaven and their constellationsWill not flash forth their light;The (U)sun will be dark when it risesAnd the moon will not shed its light.
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.
10 Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations(b)will not give their light.The sun will be dark when it rises,and the moon will not shine.(J)
10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.
11 And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.
11 Thus I will (V)punish the world for its evilAnd the (W)wicked for their iniquity;I will also put an end to the (X)arrogance of the proudAnd abase the (Y)haughtiness of the (e)(Z)ruthless.
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.
11 I will bring disaster on the world,and their own iniquity,(K) on the wicked.I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant(L)and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
11 I'll punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I'll put an end to the pomposity of the arrogant, and overthrow the insolence of tyrants.
13 For this cause the heavens will be shaking, and the earth will be moved out of its place, in the wrath of the Lord of armies, and in the day of his burning passion.
13 Therefore I will make the (AC)heavens tremble,And (AD)the earth will be shaken from its placeAt the fury of the Lord of hostsIn (AE)the day of His burning anger.
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.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,and the earth will shake from its foundations(N)at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts,on the day of His burning anger.
13 Therefore I'll make the heavens tremble. The earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, at the time of his burning anger.
14 And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.
14 And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,Or like (AF)sheep with none to gather them,They will each turn to his own people,And each one flee to his own land.
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.
14 Like wandering gazellesand like sheep without a shepherd,(O)each one will turn to his own people,each one will flee to his own land.
14 They will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.
15 Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
15 Anyone who is found will be (AG)thrust through,And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
15 Whoever is found will be stabbed,and whoever is caught will die by the sword.
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall dead, killed by the sword.
16 Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
16 Their (AH)little ones also will be dashed to piecesBefore their eyes;Their houses will be plunderedAnd their wives ravished.
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
16 Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes;(P)their houses will be looted,and their wives raped.
16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, and their houses will be looted, and their wives slept with.
17 See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.
17 Behold, I am going to (AI)stir up the Medes against them,Who will not value silver or (AJ)take pleasure in gold.
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.
17 Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,(Q)who cannot be bought off with(c) silverand who have no desire for gold.
17 Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.
18 In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.
18 And their bows will (g)mow down the (AK)young men,They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,Nor will their (AL)eye pity (h)children.
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.
18 Their bows will cut young men to pieces.They will have no compassion on little ones;they will not look with pity on children.
18 Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
19 And (AM)Babylon, the (AN)beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,Will be as when God (AO)overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,will be like Sodom and Gomorrahwhen God overthrew them.(R)
19 Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them
20 People will never be living in it again, and it will have no more men from generation to generation: the Arab will not put up his tent there; and those who keep sheep will not make it a resting-place for their flocks.
20 It will (AP)never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;Nor will the (AQ)Arab pitch his tent there,Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
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.
20 It will never be inhabitedor lived in from generation to generation;(S)a nomad will not pitch his tent there,and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
20 It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Bedouin will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
21 But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.
21 But (AR)desert creatures will lie down there,And their houses will be full of (i)owls;Ostriches also will live there, and (j)shaggy goats will frolic 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.
21 But desert creatures will lie down there,and owls will fill the houses.Ostriches will dwell there,and wild goats will leap about.(T)
21 But desert beasts will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there owls will dwell, and goat-demons will dance there.
22 And wolves will be answering one another in their towers, and jackals in their houses of pleasure: her time is near, and her days of power will quickly be ended.
22 (k)Hyenas will howl in their fortified towersAnd jackals in their luxurious (AS)palaces.Her fateful time also (l)will soon comeAnd her days will not be prolonged.
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.
22 Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.Babylon’s time is almost up;her days are almost over.
22 Hyenas will howl in its strongholds, and jackals will make their dens in its citadels. Its time is close at hand, and its days will not be extended any further.
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