KJV King James Version
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
WEB World English Bible
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
ASV American Standard Version
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:
Surrounding context — Isaiah 13
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.
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Isaiah 47:1-15Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.Jeremiah 50:1The word that the LORD spake against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.Daniel 5:28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.Daniel 5:6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.Revelation 17:1-18And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:Jeremiah 25:12-26And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.Isaiah 21:1-11The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.Isaiah 14:28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.Isaiah 14:4-23That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!Habakkuk 1:1The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.Nahum 1:1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.Malachi 1:1The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.Isaiah 44:1-2Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:Jeremiah 23:33-38And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.Isaiah 43:14Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in the ships.
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