逐节对照
- New International Reader's Version - People of Babylon, you are sentenced to be destroyed. Happy is the person who pays you back according to what you have done to us.
- 新标点和合本 - 将要被灭的巴比伦城啊(城:原文是女子), 报复你像你待我们的,那人便为有福!
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 将要被灭的巴比伦 哪, 用你待我们的恶行报复你的,那人有福了。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 将要被灭的巴比伦 哪, 用你待我们的恶行报复你的,那人有福了。
- 当代译本 - 巴比伦城啊, 你快要灭亡了, 那向你以牙还牙为我们复仇的人有福了!
- 圣经新译本 - 将要被毁灭的(“将要被毁灭的”有古译本作“毁灭者”)巴比伦城(“城”原文作“女子”)啊! 照着你待我们的行为报复你的, 那人有福了。
- 中文标准译本 - 将被毁灭的巴比伦城 啊, 照着你向我们所做的去报应你的, 那人是蒙福的!
- 现代标点和合本 - 将要被灭的巴比伦城 啊, 报复你像你待我们的,那人便为有福!
- 和合本(拼音版) - 将要被灭的巴比伦城啊 , 报复你像你待我们的,那人便为有福。
- New International Version - Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
- English Standard Version - O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
- New Living Translation - O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
- Christian Standard Bible - Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.
- New American Standard Bible - Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.
- New King James Version - O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
- Amplified Bible - O daughter of Babylon, you devastator, How blessed will be the one Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.
- American Standard Version - O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
- King James Version - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- New English Translation - O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
- World English Bible - Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
- 新標點和合本 - 將要被滅的巴比倫城啊(城:原文是女子), 報復你像你待我們的,那人便為有福!
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 將要被滅的巴比倫 哪, 用你待我們的惡行報復你的,那人有福了。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 將要被滅的巴比倫 哪, 用你待我們的惡行報復你的,那人有福了。
- 當代譯本 - 巴比倫城啊, 你快要滅亡了, 那向你以牙還牙為我們復仇的人有福了!
- 聖經新譯本 - 將要被毀滅的(“將要被毀滅的”有古譯本作“毀滅者”)巴比倫城(“城”原文作“女子”)啊! 照著你待我們的行為報復你的, 那人有福了。
- 呂振中譯本 - 毁滅者 巴比倫 國 啊, 照你所待我們的去報復你的、 那人有福啊!
- 中文標準譯本 - 將被毀滅的巴比倫城 啊, 照著你向我們所做的去報應你的, 那人是蒙福的!
- 現代標點和合本 - 將要被滅的巴比倫城 啊, 報復你像你待我們的,那人便為有福!
- 文理和合譯本 - 將亡之巴比倫女歟、以爾之待我者待爾、斯人其有福兮、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 巴比倫之邑民兮、昔爾害予、擲嬰孩於石、今有人待爾若此者、必得純嘏兮。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 必滅亡之 巴比倫 邑 邑原文作女 乎、有人報復爾、如爾之待我儕、願其得福、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 巴比倫 人恣刼奪。可憐稚子亦遭殃。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Hija de Babilonia, que has de ser destruida, ¡dichoso el que te haga pagar por todo lo que nos has hecho!
- 현대인의 성경 - 바빌론아, 너는 멸망할 것이다. 네가 우리에게 행한 대로 갚아 주는 자가 복이 있으리라.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Господь завершит то, что задумал для меня. Господи, Твоя милость на веки: не оставляй творения Твоих рук!
- Восточный перевод - Вечный свершит то, что задумал для меня. Твоя милость, Вечный, навеки: не оставляй творения Твоих рук!
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вечный свершит то, что задумал для меня. Твоя милость, Вечный, навеки: не оставляй творения Твоих рук!
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вечный свершит то, что задумал для меня. Твоя милость, Вечный, навеки: не оставляй творения Твоих рук!
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - O Dame Babylone, ╵tu seras dévastée ! Heureux qui te rendra tout le mal que tu nous as fait !
- リビングバイブル - どう猛な野獣バビロンよ。おまえは滅ぼされる。 おまえを滅ぼす人に、祝福があるように。 おまえは私たちを滅ぼしたからだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Ó cidade de Babilônia, destinada à destruição, feliz aquele que lhe retribuir o mal que você nos fez!
- Hoffnung für alle - Babylon, auch dich wird man niederreißen und verwüsten! Glücklich ist, wer dir heimzahlt, was du uns angetan hast!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hỡi con gái Ba-by-lôn, các ngươi đã bị định cho diệt vong. Phước cho người báo phạt Ba-by-lôn, vì những gì các ngươi đã làm cho chúng ta.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - โอ ธิดาแห่งบาบิโลน เจ้าจะพินาศย่อยยับ ความสุขมีแก่ผู้ที่คืนสนองเจ้า อย่างสาสมกับที่เจ้าได้ทำกับเรา
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ธิดาแห่งบาบิโลนเอ๋ย เจ้าถูกกำหนดให้ถึงซึ่งความพินาศ ผู้เป็นสุขคือผู้สนองตอบเจ้า อย่างที่เจ้าได้กระทำต่อพวกเรา
交叉引用
- Revelation 17:1 - One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me. He said, “Come. I will show you how the great prostitute will be punished. She is the one who sits by many waters.
- Revelation 17:2 - The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The people living on earth were drunk with the wine of her terrible sins.”
- Revelation 17:3 - Then in a vision the angel carried me away to a desert. There the Holy Spirit showed me a woman sitting on a bright red beast. It was covered with names that say evil things about God. It had seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 17:4 - The woman was dressed in purple and bright red. She was gleaming with gold, jewels and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup filled with things that God hates. It was filled with her terrible, dirty sins.
- Revelation 17:5 - The name written on her forehead was a mystery. Here is what it said. the great city of babylon the mother of prostitutes the mother of everything on earth that god hates
- Revelation 17:6 - I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. They are the ones who are witnesses about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very amazed.
- Revelation 17:7 - Then the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman. And I will explain the mystery of the beast she rides on. The beast is the one who has the seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 17:8 - The beast that you saw used to exist and now does not. Yet it will come up out of the Abyss and be destroyed. Some people on the earth will be amazed when they see the beast. Their names have not been written in the book of life from the time the world was created. They will be amazed at the beast. That’s because it will come again even though it used to exist and now does not.
- Revelation 17:9 - “Here is a problem that you have to be wise to understand. The seven heads are seven hills that the woman sits on.
- Revelation 17:10 - They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is ruling, and the other has still not come. When he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
- Revelation 17:11 - The beast who used to exist, and now does not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the other seven. He will be destroyed.
- Revelation 17:12 - “The ten horns you saw are ten kings. They have not yet received a kingdom. But for one hour they will receive authority to rule together with the beast.
- Revelation 17:13 - They have only one purpose. So they will give their power and authority to the beast.
- Revelation 17:14 - They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will have victory over them. That’s because he is the most powerful Lord of all and the greatest King of all. His appointed, chosen and faithful followers will be with him.”
- Revelation 17:15 - Then the angel spoke to me. “You saw the waters the prostitute sits on,” he said. “They stand for all the nations of the world, no matter what their race or language is.
- Revelation 17:16 - The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will destroy her and leave her naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
- Revelation 17:17 - God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose. So they agreed to give the beast their royal authority. They will give him this authority until God’s words come true.
- Revelation 17:18 - The woman you saw stands for the great city of Babylon. That city rules over the kings of the earth.”
- Isaiah 47:1 - “City of Babylon, go down and sit in the dust. Leave your throne and sit on the ground. Queen city of the Babylonians, your life will not be comfortable and easy anymore.
- Isaiah 47:2 - Get millstones and grind some flour like a female slave. Take off your veil. Lift up your skirts. Make your legs bare. Wade through the streams.
- Isaiah 47:3 - Everyone will see your naked body. Everyone will see your shame. I will pay you back for what you did. I will not spare any of your people.”
- Isaiah 47:4 - The one who sets us free is the Holy One of Israel. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
- Isaiah 47:5 - The Lord says, “Queen city of the Babylonians, go into a dark prison. Sit there quietly. You will not be called the queen of kingdoms anymore.
- Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with my people. I treated them as if they did not belong to me. I handed them over to you. And you did not show them any pity. You even placed heavy loads on their old people.
- Isaiah 47:7 - You said, ‘I am queen forever!’ But you did not think about what you were doing. You did not consider how things might turn out.
- Isaiah 47:8 - “So listen, you who love pleasure. You think you are safe and secure. You say to yourself, ‘I am like a god. No one is greater than I am. I’ll never be a widow. And my children will never be taken away from me.’
- Isaiah 47:9 - But both of these things will happen to you in a moment. They will take place on a single day. You will lose your children. And you will become a widow. That is what will happen to you. All your evil magic and powerful spells will not save you.
- Isaiah 47:10 - You have felt secure in your evil ways. You have said, ‘No one sees what I’m doing.’ Your wisdom and knowledge lead you astray. You say to yourself, ‘I am like a god. No one is greater than I am.’
- Isaiah 47:11 - So horrible trouble will come on you. You will not know how to use your evil magic to make it go away. Great trouble will fall on you. No amount of money can keep it away. Something terrible will happen to you all at once. You will not see it coming ahead of time.
- Isaiah 47:12 - “So keep on casting your magic spells. Keep on practicing your evil magic. You have been doing those things ever since you were a child. Perhaps they will help you. Maybe they will scare your enemies away.
- Isaiah 47:13 - All the advice you have received has only worn you out! Let those who study the heavens come forward. They claim to know what is going to happen by watching the stars every month. So let them save you from the trouble that is coming on you.
- Isaiah 47:14 - They are just like straw. Fire will burn them up. They can’t even save themselves from the powerful flames. These are not like coals that can warm anyone. This is not like a fire to sit by.
- Isaiah 47:15 - They can’t do you any good. You have done business with them ever since you were a child. You have always asked them for advice. All of them are bewildered and continue in their own ways. None of them can save you.”
- Isaiah 44:28 - I say about Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd. He will accomplish everything I want him to. He will say about Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt.” And he will say about the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.” ’
- Revelation 14:8 - A second angel followed him. He said, “ ‘Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen!’ ( Isaiah 21:9 ) The city of Babylon made all the nations drink the strong wine of her terrible sins.”
- Revelation 14:9 - A third angel followed them. He said in a loud voice, “There will be trouble for anyone who worships the beast and its statue! There will be trouble for anyone who has its mark on their forehead or their hand!
- Revelation 14:10 - They, too, will drink the wine of God’s great anger. His wine has been poured full strength into the cup of his anger. They will be burned with flaming sulfur. The holy angels and the Lamb will see it happen.
- Revelation 14:11 - The smoke of their terrible suffering will rise for ever and ever. Day and night, there will be no rest for anyone who worships the beast and its statue. There will be no rest for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
- Jeremiah 25:12 - “ ‘But I will punish that king and his nation because they are guilty. I will do this when the 70 years are over,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will make that land a desert forever.
- Jeremiah 25:13 - I have spoken against that land. And I will make all these things happen to it. Everything will happen that is written in this book. And I will make everything Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations come true.
- Jeremiah 25:14 - The people of Babylon will become slaves of many other nations and great kings. I will pay them back for what they have done.’ ”
- Zechariah 2:7 - “Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!”
- Jeremiah 50:1 - Here is the message the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. It was about the city of Babylon and the land of Babylon. He said,
- Jeremiah 50:2 - “Announce this message among the nations. Lift up a banner. Let the nations hear the message. Do not keep anything back. Say, ‘Babylon will be captured. The god named Bel will be put to shame. The god named Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame. The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’
- Jeremiah 50:3 - A nation from the north will attack it. That nation will destroy Babylon. No one will live there. People and animals alike will run away.
- Jeremiah 50:4 - “The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time the people of Israel and Judah will gather together. They will come in tears to me. I am the Lord their God.
- Jeremiah 50:5 - They will ask how to get to Zion. Then they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to me. They will enter into the covenant I make with them. It will last forever. It will never be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 50:6 - “My people have been like lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray. They have caused them to wander in the mountains. They have wandered over mountains and hills. They have forgotten that I am their true resting place.
- Jeremiah 50:7 - Everyone who found them destroyed them. Their enemies said, ‘We aren’t guilty. They sinned against the Lord. He gave them everything they needed. He has always been Israel’s hope.’
- Jeremiah 50:8 - “People of Judah, run away from Babylon. Leave the land of Babylon. Be like the goats that lead the flock.
- Jeremiah 50:9 - I will stir up great nations that will join forces against Babylon. I will bring them from the land of the north. They will take up their battle positions against Babylon. They will come from the north and capture it. Their arrows will be like skilled soldiers. They will not miss their mark.
- Jeremiah 50:10 - So the riches of Babylon will be taken away. All those who steal from it will have more than enough,” announces the Lord.
- Jeremiah 50:11 - “People of Babylon, you have stolen what belongs to me. That has made you glad and full of joy. You dance around like a young cow on a threshing floor. You neigh like stallions.
- Jeremiah 50:12 - Because of that, you will bring great shame on your land. Your whole nation will be dishonored. It will become the least important of the nations. It will become a dry and empty desert.
- Jeremiah 50:13 - Because I am angry with it, no one will live there. It will be completely deserted. All those who pass by Babylon will be shocked. They will make fun of it because of all its wounds.
- Jeremiah 50:14 - “All you who shoot arrows, take up your battle positions around Babylon. Shoot at it! Do not spare any arrows! Its people have sinned against me.
- Jeremiah 50:15 - Shout against them on every side! They are giving up. The towers of the city are falling. Its walls are being pulled down. The Lord is paying back its people. So pay them back yourselves. Do to them what they have done to others.
- Jeremiah 50:16 - Do not leave anyone in Babylon to plant the fields. Do not leave anyone to harvest the grain. Let each of them return to their own people. Let them run away to their own land. If they don’t, their enemy’s sword will bring them great harm.
- Jeremiah 50:17 - “Israel is like a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first lion that ate them up was the king of Assyria. The last one that broke their bones was Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 50:18 - The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I punished the king of Assyria. In the same way, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land.
- Jeremiah 50:19 - But I will bring Israel back to their own grasslands. I will feed them on Mount Carmel and in Bashan. I will satisfy their hunger on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
- Jeremiah 50:20 - The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time people will search for Israel’s guilt. But they will not find any. They will search for Judah’s sins. But they will not find any. That is because I will forgive the people I have spared.
- Jeremiah 50:21 - “Enemies of Babylon, attack their land of Merathaim. Make war against those who live in Pekod. Chase them and kill them. Destroy them completely,” announces the Lord. “Do everything I have commanded you to do.
- Jeremiah 50:22 - The noise of battle is heard in the land. It is the noise of a great city being destroyed!
- Jeremiah 50:23 - It has been broken to pieces. It was the hammer that broke the whole earth. How empty Babylon is among the nations!
- Jeremiah 50:24 - Babylon, I set a trap for you. And you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured. That is because you opposed me.
- Jeremiah 50:25 - I have opened up my storeroom. I have brought out the weapons I use when I am angry. I am the Lord and King who rules over all. I have work to do in the land of the Babylonians.
- Jeremiah 50:26 - So come against it from far away. Open up its storerooms. Stack everything up like piles of grain. Completely destroy that country. Do not leave anyone alive there.
- Jeremiah 50:27 - Kill all Babylon’s strongest warriors. Let them die in battle. How terrible it will be for them! Their time to be judged has come. Now they will be punished.
- Jeremiah 50:28 - Listen to those who have escaped. Listen to those who have returned from Babylon. They are announcing in Zion how I have paid Babylon back. I have paid it back for destroying my temple.
- Jeremiah 50:29 - “Send for men armed with bows and arrows. Send them against Babylon. Set up camp all around it. Do not let anyone escape. Pay it back for what its people have done. Do to them what they have done to others. They have dared to disobey me. I am the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 50:30 - You can be sure its young men will fall dead in the streets. All its soldiers will be put to death at that time,” announces the Lord.
- Jeremiah 50:31 - “Proud Babylonians, I am against you,” announces the Lord. The Lord who rules over all says, “Your day to be judged has come. It is time for you to be punished.
- Jeremiah 50:32 - You proud people will trip and fall. No one will help you up. I will start a fire in your towns. It will burn up everyone around you.”
- Jeremiah 50:33 - The Lord who rules over all says, “The people of Israel are being treated badly. So are the people of Judah. Those who have captured them are holding them. They refuse to let them go.
- Jeremiah 50:34 - But I am strong and will save them. My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All. I will stand up for them. I will bring peace and rest to their land. But I will bring trouble to those who live in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:35 - “A sword is coming against the Babylonians!” announces the Lord. “It is coming against those who live in Babylon. It is coming against their officials and wise men.
- Jeremiah 50:36 - A sword is coming against their prophets. But they are not really prophets at all! So they will look foolish. A sword is coming against their soldiers! They will be filled with terror.
- Jeremiah 50:37 - A sword is coming against their horses and chariots! It is coming against all the hired soldiers in their armies. They will become weak. A sword is coming against their treasures! They will be stolen.
- Jeremiah 50:38 - There will not be any rain for their rivers. So they will dry up. Those things will happen because their land is full of statues of gods. Those gods will go crazy with terror.
- Jeremiah 50:39 - “Desert creatures and hyenas will live in Babylon. And so will owls. People will never live there again. It will not be lived in for all time to come.
- Jeremiah 50:40 - I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. I also destroyed the towns that were near them,” announces the Lord. “Babylon will be just like them. No one will live there. No human beings will stay there.
- Jeremiah 50:41 - “Look! An army is coming from the north. I am stirring up a great nation and many kings. They are coming from a land that is very far away.
- Jeremiah 50:42 - Their soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are mean. They do not show any mercy at all. They come riding in on their horses. They sound like the roaring ocean. They are lined up for battle. They are coming to attack you, city of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:43 - The king of Babylon has heard reports about them. His hands can’t help him. He is in great pain. It is like the pain of a woman having a baby.
- Jeremiah 50:44 - I will be like a lion coming up from the bushes by the Jordan River. I will hunt in rich grasslands. I will chase the people of Babylon from their land in an instant. What nation will I choose to do this? Which one will I appoint? Is anyone like me? Who would dare to argue with me? What leader can stand against me?”
- Jeremiah 50:45 - So listen to what the Lord has planned against Babylon. Hear what he has planned against the land of the Babylonians. Their young people will be dragged away. Their grasslands will be shocked at their fate.
- Jeremiah 50:46 - At the news of Babylon’s capture, the earth will shake. The people’s cries will be heard among the nations.
- Revelation 18:20 - “You heavens, be glad for this! You people of God, be glad! You apostles and prophets, be glad! God has judged her with the judgment she gave to you.”
- Isaiah 21:1 - Here is a prophecy against Babylon that the Lord gave me. Babylon is known as the Desert by the Sea. An attack is coming through the desert. It is coming from a land of terror. It’s sweeping along like a windstorm blowing across the Negev Desert.
- Isaiah 14:4 - they will make fun of the king of Babylon. They will say, “See how the one who crushed others has fallen! See how his anger has come to an end!
- Isaiah 14:5 - The Lord has taken away the authority of evil people. He has broken the power of rulers.
- Isaiah 14:6 - When they became angry, they struck down nations. Their blows never stopped. In their anger they brought nations under their control. They attacked them again and again.
- Isaiah 14:7 - All the lands now enjoy peace and rest. They break out into singing.
- Isaiah 14:8 - Even the juniper trees show how happy they are. The cedar trees of Lebanon celebrate too. They say, ‘Babylon, you have fallen. Now no one comes and cuts us down.’
- Isaiah 14:9 - “King of Babylon, many people in the place of the dead are really excited. They’re excited about meeting you when you go down there. The spirits of the dead get up to welcome you. At one time all of them were leaders in the world. They were kings over the nations. They get up from their thrones.
- Isaiah 14:10 - All of them call out to you. They say, ‘You have become weak, just as we are. You have become like us.’
- Isaiah 14:11 - Your grand show of power has been brought down to the grave. The noise of your harps has come down here along with your power. Maggots are spread out under you. Worms cover you.
- Isaiah 14:12 - “King of Babylon, you thought you were the bright morning star. But now you have fallen from heaven! You once brought down nations. But now you have been thrown down to the earth!
- Isaiah 14:13 - You said in your heart, ‘I will go up to the heavens. I’ll raise my throne above the stars of God. I’ll sit as king on the mountain where the gods meet. I’ll set up my throne on the highest slopes of Mount Zaphon.
- Isaiah 14:14 - I will rise above the tops of the clouds. I’ll make myself like the Most High God.’
- Isaiah 14:15 - But now you have been brought down to the place of the dead. You have been thrown into the deepest part of the pit.
- Isaiah 14:16 - “Those who see you stare at you. They think about what has happened to you. They say to themselves, ‘Is this the man who shook the earth? Is he the one who made kingdoms tremble with fear?
- Isaiah 14:17 - Did he turn the world into a desert? Did he destroy its cities? Did he refuse to let his prisoners go home?’
- Isaiah 14:18 - “All the kings of the nations are buried with honor. Each of them lies in his own tomb.
- Isaiah 14:19 - But you have been thrown out of your tomb. You are like a branch that is cut off and thrown away. You are covered with the bodies of those who have been killed by swords. You have been tossed into a stony pit along with them. You are like a dead body that people have walked on.
- Isaiah 14:20 - You won’t be buried like other kings. That’s because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. “Let the children of that evil man be killed. Let none of them be left to carry on the family name.
- Isaiah 14:21 - So prepare a place to kill his children. Kill them because of the sins of the rulers who lived before them. They must not rise to power. They must not rule over the world. They must not cover the earth with their cities.”
- Isaiah 14:22 - “I will rise up against them,” announces the Lord who rules over all. “I will destroy Babylon. It will not be remembered anymore. No one will be left alive there. I will destroy its people and their children after them,” announces the Lord.
- Isaiah 14:23 - “I will turn it into a place where nothing but owls can live. I will turn it into a swamp. I will sweep through it like a broom and destroy everything,” announces the Lord who rules over all.
- Isaiah 14:24 - The Lord who rules over all has made a promise. He has said, “You can be sure that what I have planned will happen. What I have decided will take place.
- Psalm 149:6 - May they praise God with their mouths. May they hold in their hands a sword that has two edges.
- Psalm 149:7 - Let them pay the nations back. Let them punish the people of the earth.
- Psalm 149:8 - Let them put the kings of those nations in chains. Let them put their nobles in iron chains.
- Psalm 149:9 - Let them carry out God’s sentence against those nations. This will bring glory to all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.
- Isaiah 13:1 - Here is the prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
- Isaiah 13:2 - Lift up a banner on the top of a bare hill. Shout to the enemy soldiers. Wave for them to enter the gates that are used by the nobles of Babylon.
- Isaiah 13:3 - The Lord has commanded the soldiers he prepared for battle. He has sent for them to carry out his anger against Babylon. They will be happy when he wins the battle for them.
- Isaiah 13:4 - Listen! I hear a noise in the mountains. It sounds like a huge crowd. Listen! I hear a loud noise among the kingdoms. It sounds like nations gathering together. The Lord who rules over all is bringing an army together for war.
- Isaiah 13:5 - They come from lands far away. They come from the farthest places on earth. The Lord and those weapons of his anger are coming to destroy the whole country of Babylon.
- Isaiah 13:6 - Cry out! The day of the Lord is near. The Mighty One is coming to destroy the Babylonians.
- Isaiah 13:7 - Their hands won’t be able to help them. Everyone’s heart will melt away in fear.
- Isaiah 13:8 - The people will be filled with terror. Pain and suffering will grab hold of them. They will groan with pain like a woman having a baby. They’ll look at one another in terror. Their faces will burn with shame.
- Isaiah 13:9 - The day of the Lord is coming. It will be a terrible day. The Lord’s burning anger will blaze out. He will make the land dry and empty. He’ll destroy the sinners in it.
- Isaiah 13:10 - All the stars in the sky will stop giving their light. The sun will be darkened as soon as it rises. The moon will not shine.
- Isaiah 13:11 - The Lord will punish the world because it is so evil. He will punish evil people for their sins. He’ll put an end to the bragging of those who are proud. He’ll bring down the pride of those who don’t show any pity.
- Isaiah 13:12 - He’ll make people harder to find than pure gold. They will be harder to find than gold from Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:13 - He will make the heavens tremble. He’ll shake the earth out of its place. The Lord who rules over all will show how angry he is. At that time his burning anger will blaze out.
- Isaiah 13:14 - Outsiders who live in Babylon will scatter like antelope that are chased by a hunter. They are like sheep that don’t have a shepherd. All of them will return to their own people. They will run back to their own countries.
- Isaiah 13:15 - Those who are captured will have spears stuck through them. Those who are caught will be killed by swords.
- Isaiah 13:16 - Their babies will be smashed to pieces right in front of their eyes. Their houses will be robbed. Their wives will be raped.
- Isaiah 13:17 - The Lord will stir up the Medes to attack the Babylonians. They aren’t interested in getting silver. They don’t want gold.
- Isaiah 13:18 - Instead, they will use their bows and arrows to strike down the young men. They won’t even show any mercy to babies. They won’t take pity on children.
- Isaiah 13:19 - The city of Babylon is the jewel of kingdoms. It is the pride and glory of the Babylonians. But God will destroy it just as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 13:20 - No one will ever live in Babylon again. No one will live there for all time to come. Those who wander in the desert will never set up their tents there. Shepherds will never rest their flocks there.
- Isaiah 13:21 - But desert creatures will lie down there. Wild dogs will fill its houses. Owls will live there. Wild goats will jump around in it.
- Isaiah 13:22 - Hyenas will live in its forts. Wild dogs will live in its beautiful palaces. The time for Babylon to be punished is near. Its days are numbered.
- Revelation 18:6 - Do to her as she has done to others. Pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double dose of what she has poured for others.