Isaiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Isaiah 13 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
1 CARGA de Babilonia, que vió Isaías, hijo de Amoz.
2 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
2 Levantad bandera sobre un alto monte; alzad la voz á ellos, alzad la mano, para que entren por puertas de príncipes.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
3 Yo mandé á mis santificados, asimismo llamé á mis valientes para mi ira, á los que se alegran con mi gloria.
4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
4 Murmullo de multitud en los montes, como de mucho pueblo; murmullo de ruido de reinos, de gentes reunidas: Jehová de los ejércitos ordena las tropas de la batalla.
5 To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: tile Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
5 Vienen de lejana tierra, de lo postrero de los cielos, Jehová y los instrumentos de su furor, para destruir toda la tierra.
6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
6 Aullad, porque cerca está el día de Jehová; vendrá como asolamiento del Todopoderoso.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
7 Por tanto, se enervarán todas la manos, y desleiráse todo corazón de hombre:
8 And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
8 Y se llenarán de terror; angustias y dolores los comprenderán; tendrán dolores como mujer de parto; pasmaráse cada cual [al mirar] á su compañero; sus rostros, rostros de llamas.
9 Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
9 He aquí el día de Jehová viene, crudo, y de saña y ardor de ira, para tornar la tierra en soledad, y raer de ella sus pecadores.
10 For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
10 Por lo cual las estrellas de los cielos y sus luceros no derramarán su lumbre; y el sol se oscurecerá en naciendo, y la luna no echará su resplandor.
11 And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
11 Y visitaré la maldad sobre el mundo, y sobre los impíos su iniquidad; y haré que cese la arrogancia de los soberbios, y abatiré la altivez de los fuertes.
12 A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
12 Haré más precioso que el oro fino al varón, y más que el oro de Ophir al hombre.
13 For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his tierce wrath.
13 Porque haré estremecer los cielos, y la tierra se moverá de su lugar, en la indignación de Jehová de los ejércitos, y en el día de la ira de su furor.
14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
14 Y será que como corza amontada, y como oveja sin pastor, cada cual mirará hacia su pueblo, y cada uno huirá á su tierra.
15 Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
15 Cualquiera que fuere hallado, será alanceado; y cualquiera que [á ellos] se juntare, caerá á cuchillo.
16 Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
16 Sus niños serán estrellados delante de ellos; sus casas serán saqueadas, y forzadas sus mujeres.
17 Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
17 He aquí que yo despierto contra ellos á los Medos, que no curarán de la plata, ni codiciarán oro.
18 But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
18 Y con arcos tirarán á los niños, y no tendrán misericordia de fruto de vientre, ni su ojo perdonará á hijos.
19 And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
19 Y Babilonia, hermosura de reinos y ornamento de la grandeza de los Caldeos, será como Sodoma y Gomorra, á las que trastornó Dios.
20 It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
20 Nunca más será habitada, ni se morará en ella de generación en generación; ni hincará allí tienda el Arabe, ni pastores tendrán allí majada:
21 But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
21 Sino que dormirán allí bestias fieras, y sus casas se llenarán de hurones, allí habitarán hijas del buho, y allí saltarán peludos.
22 And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.
22 Y en sus palacios gritarán gatos cervales, y chacales en sus casas de deleite: y abocado está á venir su tiempo, y sus días no se alargarán.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 47:1–15; Jeremiah 50:1–51:64; Isaiah 1:1; Daniel 5:28; Revelation 17:1–18
- 2 Jeremiah 51:58; Isaiah 5:26; Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:25; Isaiah 45:1–3
- 3 Joel 3:11; Jeremiah 51:20–24; Revelation 17:12–18; Revelation 18:20–19:7; Ezra 7:12–26
- 4 Joel 3:14; Joel 2:25; Ezekiel 38:3–23; Revelation 19:11–21; Joel 2:1–11
- 5 Matthew 24:31; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 51:20–46; Jeremiah 50:3; Isaiah 5:26
- 6 Joel 1:15; Amos 5:18; Ezekiel 30:2–3; Zephaniah 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
- 7 Ezekiel 21:7; Nahum 2:10; Nahum 1:6; Ezekiel 7:17; Isaiah 19:1
- 8 Nahum 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 21:3–4; John 16:21
- 9 Malachi 4:1; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 13:15–18; Isaiah 13:6; Jeremiah 51:35–58
- 10 Joel 2:31; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Ezekiel 32:7–8; Joel 3:15
- 11 Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 5:15; Jeremiah 50:29–32; Daniel 5:22–23; Isaiah 3:11
- 12 Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 24:6; Psalm 137:9; Job 28:16; Isaiah 13:15–18
- 13 Hebrews 12:26–27; Joel 3:16; Matthew 24:29; Nahum 1:4–6; Haggai 2:6–7
- 14 Jeremiah 50:16; 1 Kings 22:17; 1 Kings 22:36; Jeremiah 51:9; Isaiah 17:13
- 15 Jeremiah 50:25; Jeremiah 51:3–4; Jeremiah 50:27; Isaiah 47:9–14; Jeremiah 50:35–42
- 16 Hosea 10:14; Nahum 3:10; Psalm 137:8–9; Isaiah 13:18; Zechariah 14:2
- 17 Daniel 5:28–31; Jeremiah 51:11; Jeremiah 50:9; Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 51:27–28
- 18 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 13:16; Ezekiel 9:10
- 19 Daniel 4:30; Jeremiah 50:40; Zephaniah 2:9; Amos 4:11; Deuteronomy 29:23
- 20 Jeremiah 51:43; Isaiah 14:23; Jeremiah 50:45; 2 Chronicles 17:11; Jeremiah 50:3
- 21 Revelation 18:2; Isaiah 34:11–15
- 22 Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 51:33; Deuteronomy 32:35; Habakkuk 2:3
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… shall be no men in them and the land shall be left desolate." "For, behold," says Isaiah, "the day of the Lord cometh past remedy, full of fury and wrath, to lay waste the city of the earth, and to root sinners out of it." And again he says, "Let him be taken away, that he behold not the glory …
Concerning that day, hear the prophets, saying, "The day of the Lord is incurable, full of anger and wrath." For there will be none to stand by, none to rescue, nowhere the face of Christ, so mild and calm.
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