1I, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received from Yahweh this message about Babylon city:
2Lift up a flag on the bare top of a hill,
3Yahweh says, “I have commanded those soldiers to do that;
4Listen to the noise on the mountains,
5They come from countries that are far away,
6You people of Babylon will scream because you will be terrified,
7All of your people will be very afraid [DOU],
8All of you will be terrified.
9Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near,
10When that happens, none of the stars will shine.
11Yahweh says, “I will punish everyone in the world for the evil things that they do;
12And because I will cause most people to die,
13I will shake the sky,
14And all the foreigners in Babylon will run around like [SIM] deer that are being hunted,
15Anyone who is captured in Babylon
16Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while their parents watch;
17Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon.
18With their arrows, the soldiers of Media will shoot the young men of Babylon;
19Babylon has been a very beautiful [MTY] city;
20No one will ever live in Babylon again.
21Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there;
22Hyenas will howl in the ruined towers,