1 onus Babylonis quod vidit Isaias filius Amos
2 super montem caligosum levate signum
exaltate vocem levate manum et ingrediantur portas duces
3 ego mandavi sanctificatis meis
et vocavi fortes meos in ira mea exultantes in gloria mea
4 vox multitudinis in montibus quasi populorum frequentium
vox sonitus regum gentium congregatarum
Dominus exercituum praecepit militiae belli
5 venientibus de terra procul a summitate caeli
Dominus et vasa furoris eius ut disperdat omnem terram
6 ululate quia prope est dies Domini quasi vastitas a Domino veniet
7 propter hoc omnes manus dissolventur
et omne cor hominis tabescet
8 et conteretur
tortiones et dolores tenebunt quasi parturiens dolebunt
unusquisque ad proximum suum stupebit
facies conbustae vultus eorum
9 ecce dies Domini venit crudelis
et indignationis plenus et irae furorisque
ad ponendam terram in solitudine
et peccatores eius conterendos de ea
10 quoniam stellae caeli et splendor earum non expandent lumen suum
obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo
et luna non splendebit in lumine suo
11 et visitabo super orbis mala
et contra impios iniquitatem eorum
et quiescere faciam superbiam infidelium
et arrogantiam fortium humiliabo
12 pretiosior erit vir auro et homo mundo obrizo
13 super hoc caelum turbabo et movebitur terra de loco suo
propter indignationem Domini exercituum
et propter diem irae furoris eius
14 et erit quasi dammula fugiens et quasi ovis
et non erit qui congreget
unusquisque ad populum suum convertetur
et singuli ad terram suam fugient
15 omnis qui inventus fuerit occidetur
et omnis qui supervenerit cadet in gladio
16 infantes eorum adlident in oculis eorum
diripientur domus eorum et uxores eorum violabuntur
17 ecce ego suscitabo super eos Medos
qui argentum non quaerant nec aurum velint
18 sed sagittis parvulos interficiant
et lactantibus uteri non misereantur
et super filios non parcat oculus eorum
19 et erit Babylon illa gloriosa in regnis
inclita in superbia Chaldeorum
sicut subvertit Deus Sodomam et Gomorram
20 non habitabitur usque in finem
et non fundabitur usque ad generationem et generationem
nec ponet ibi tentoria Arabs nec pastores requiescent ibi
21 sed requiescent ibi bestiae
et replebuntur domus eorum draconibus
et habitabunt ibi strutiones et pilosi saltabunt ibi
22 et respondebunt ibi ululae in aedibus eius
et sirenae in delubris voluptatis
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 2 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. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 4 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. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6 ¶ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: 8 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 shall be as flames. 9 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. 10 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. 11 And I will punish the world for their 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. 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 13 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. 14 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. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. 16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 18 Their 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.
19 ¶ And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 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. 21 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. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.