1 An oracle against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2 Lift up a banner on a barren mountain. Call out to them.Wave your hand, and they will gothrough the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded My chosen ones;I have also called My warriors,who exult in My triumph,to execute My wrath.
4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains,like that of a mighty people!Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,like nations being gathered together!The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
5 They are coming from a far land,from the distant horizon —the Lord and the weapons of His wrath —to destroy the whole country.
6 Wail! For the day of the Lord is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty.