2 Nephi 23:1

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Nephi 23:2

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.

2 Nephi 23:3

I have commanded my sanctified ones,

I have also called my mighty ones,

for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.

2 Nephi 23:4

The noise of the 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 hosts of the battle.

2 Nephi 23:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven,

yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation,

to destroy the whole land.

2 Nephi 23:6

Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand;

it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

2 Nephi 23:7

Therefore shall all hands be faint,

every man's heart shall melt;

2 Nephi 23:8

And they shall be afraid;

pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;

they shall be amazed one at another;

their faces shall be as flames.

2 Nephi 23:9

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.

2 Nephi 23:10

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.

2 Nephi 23:11

And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;

I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,

and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

2 Nephi 23:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold;

even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

2 Nephi 23:13

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.

2 Nephi 23:14

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up;

and they shall every man turn to his own people,

and flee every one into his own land.

2 Nephi 23:15

Every one that is proud shall be thrust through;

yea, and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

2 Nephi 23:16

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

2 Nephi 23:17

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them,

which shall not regard silver and gold,

nor shall they delight in it.

2 Nephi 23:18

Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces;

and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb;

their eyes shall not spare children.

2 Nephi 23:19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency,

shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

2 Nephi 23:20

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.

2 Nephi 23:21

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.

2 Nephi 23:22

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 day shall not be prolonged.

For I will destroy her speedily;

yea, for I will be merciful unto my people,

but the wicked shall perish.