Isaiah 13 is an "oracle concerning Babylon" telling of God's impending judgement on them in "the day of the Lord" because of their arrogant wickedness. He says: "Listen, a noise on the mountains... God is mustering an army for war... to destroy the whole country... wail, for the day of the Lord is near... terror will seize them... see the day of the Lord is coming - a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger... I will punish the world for its evil... whoever is captured will be thrust through... their infants will be dashed to pieces... their wives will be ravished... Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the Babylonians pride, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah... and she will never be inhabited but will be taken over by jackals, hyenas, owls and wild goats".
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