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New Living Translation (NLT)

Isaiah 13
⁵ They come from distant countries, from beyond the farthest horizons. They are the LORD’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.
⁶ Scream in terror, for the day of the LORD has arrived— the time for the Almighty to destroy.
⁷ Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts,
⁸ and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.
⁹ For see, the day of the LORD is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it.
¹⁰ The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.
¹¹ “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty.
¹² I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
¹³ For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”
¹⁴ Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land.
¹⁵ Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword.