1This is a major vibe check for Babylon, as seen by Isaiah, son of Amoz.

2Raise up a banner on that high mountain, shout it out, and wave your hands so they can roll up to the fancy gates.

3I called my squad, the ones who are set apart, my rizz-filled warriors for my anger, those who flex in my glory.

4You can hear a whole squad in the mountains, it’s like a massive crowd; nations are wildin’ out together: the Lord’s got the battle crew on deck.

5They’re rolling in from way far, straight from the end of the sky, even the Lord, with his rage weapons, ready to wreck the whole place.

6Y’all better howl; the day of the Lord is coming in hot like a savage destruction from the Almighty.

7So everyone’s hands will be weak, and every dude's heart is gonna melt, no cap.

8They’ll be shook; pain and sorrow will grab them; it’s gonna feel like labor pains; they’ll be looking at each other, faces lit like flames.

9Check it, the day of the Lord is coming, savage with wrath and fierce anger, ready to leave the land in ruins: sinners gonna get wiped out.

10For the stars up there and their constellations won’t shine; the sun’s gonna be dark when it comes up, and the moon won’t glow either.

11I’m gonna call out the world for their evil, and the wicked for their wrongs; I’ll put the proud in their place and humble the savage ones.

12I’ll make a dude more valuable than fine gold, even more than the golden wedge from Ophir.

13I’m about to shake the heavens, and the earth’s gonna move from its spot, in the Lord of hosts' rage, on the day of his fierce anger.

14It’ll be like a chased deer, or a sheep no one wants; everyone will bounce back to their own people, fleeing to their lands.

15Anyone found is gonna get wrecked; and everyone who’s with them will fall by the sword, no cap.

16Their kids will get smashed right in front of them; their homes will be looted, and their wives taken.

17Check it, I’m stirring up the Medes against them, who won’t care about silver; they won’t even be hyped for gold.

18Their bows will crush the young men; they’ll have no mercy on the babies; their eyes won’t spare any kids.

19And Babylon, the flex of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees, will go down like when God flipped Sodom and Gomorrah.

20It’ll never be lived in again, not even for generations; no Arab will pitch a tent there; no shepherds will fold up their flocks there.

21But wild beasts will chill there; their houses will be full of sad creatures; owls will take over, and satyrs will dance.

22And the wild beasts from the islands will cry in their empty houses, and dragons in their nice palaces: her time is coming, and her days won’t be extended.

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

2Lift 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.

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

4The 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.

5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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

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

8And 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.

9Behold, 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.

10For 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.

11And 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.

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

13Therefore 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.

14And 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.

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

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

17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18Their 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.

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

20It 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.

21But 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.

22And 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.