{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:50:52.366Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":13,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, <i>even</i> them that rejoice in my highness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, <i>even</i> the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Howl ye; for the day of the LORD <i>is</i> at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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 <i>shall be as</i> flames."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I will punish the world for <i>their</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined <i>unto them</i> shall fall by the sword."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and <i>as for</i> gold, they shall not delight in it."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"<i>Their</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in <i>their</i> pleasant palaces: and her time <i>is</i> near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 13 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 13](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/13 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}