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The Burden against Babylon

Isaiah 13:3

In 11 translations

BSB
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
KJV
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
WEB
I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
ASV
I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
LSV
I have given charge to My sanctified ones, || Also I have called My mighty ones for My anger, || Those rejoicing at My excellence.”
YLT
I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.'
DBY
I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.
DRC
I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
GNV
I haue commanded them, that I haue sanctified: and I haue called ye mightie to my wrath, and them that reioyce in my glorie.
JPS
I have commanded My consecrated ones, yea, I have called My mighty ones for mine anger, even My proudly exulting ones.
LXXE
I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֲנִ֥י צִוֵּ֖יתִי לִמְקֻדָּשָׁ֑י גַּ֣ם קָרָ֤אתִי גִבּוֹרַי֙ לְאַפִּ֔י עַלִּיזֵ֖י גַּאֲוָתִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγὼ συντάσσω, καὶ ἐγώ αὐτούς· γίγαντες ἔρχονται πληρῶσαι τὸν θυμόν μου χαίροντες ἅμα καὶ ὑβρίζοντες.

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  • Joel 3:11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
  • Revelation 17:12–18The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast. These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the…
  • Jeremiah 51:20–24“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. With you I shatter man and…
  • Psalms 149:5–9Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds. May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the…
  • Revelation 18:20–19:7Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her. Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea,…
  • Jeremiah 50:21–46Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD. “The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of…
  • Isaiah 45:4–5For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip…
  • Ezra 6:1–22Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon. And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum: In the…
  • Isaiah 44:27–28who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’ who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its…
  • Ezra 1:1–11In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in…
  • Ezra 7:12–26Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings. I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up…
  • Isaiah 23:11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
  • Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
  • Revelation 18:4–8Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her…

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