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The images of the post-apocalyptic world, which will remain after the destruction of the civilization of the "great prostitute." Other names: "outer court," "desert land", "underworld", "mixed world" (pale horse), "brazier".
Book of Issaiah, ch. 34
9 Its streams will turn into pitch, its dust into brimstone, its country will turn into blazing pitch.
9 Its streams will turn into pitch, its dust into brimstone, its country will turn into blazing pitch.
10 Never quenched night or day, its smoke rising for ever, it will lie waste age after age, no one will travel through it for ever and ever.
11 It will be the haunt of pelican and hedgehog, the owl and the raven will live there; over it Yahweh will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb-line of emptiness.
12 There will be no more nobles to proclaim the royal authority; there will be an end of all its princes.
13 Brambles will grow in its bastions, nettles and thorn-bushes in its fortresses, it will be the lair of jackals, an enclosure for ostriches.
14 Wild cats will meet hyenas there, satyr will call to satyr, there Lilith too will lurk and find somewhere to rest.
15 The snake will nest and lay eggs there, will hatch and gather its young into the shade; and there the vultures will assemble, each one with its mate.
Book of Zephaniah, ch. 2
13 He will raise his hand against the north and bring Assyria down in ruins; he will make Nineveh a waste, as dry as a desert.
13 He will raise his hand against the north and bring Assyria down in ruins; he will make Nineveh a waste, as dry as a desert.
14 Flocks will rest inside there, so will wild animals; pelican and porcupine will nest round her cornices at night; the owl will hoot at the window and the raven croak on the doorstep -- for the cedar has been torn down.
15 This is what the city will be like, once living happy and carefree and thinking to itself, 'I have no rival -- not I!' And what will it be now? A ruin, a lair for wild beasts to rest in, and everyone who passes by will whistle and throw up his hands.
Book of Issaiah, ch. 2
10 Go into the rock, hide in the dust, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
10 Go into the rock, hide in the dust, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
11 Human pride will lower its eyes, human arrogance will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.
12 That will be a day for Yahweh Sabaoth, for all who are majestic and haughty, for all who are proud, to be brought low,
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon, high and proud, and for all the oaks of Bashan;
14 for all the high mountains and for all the proud hills;
15 for every lofty tower and for every towering wall;
16 for all the ships of Tarshish and for everything held precious.
17 Human pride will be humbled, human arrogance brought low, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.
18 When the idols all disappear,
19 they will go into the caverns of the rocks and into the fissures of the earth in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
20 That day, people will fling to moles and bats the silver idols and golden idols which have been made for them to worship,
21 and go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts in the cliffs, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
22 Have no more to do with humankind, which has only the breath in its nostrils. Howmuchisthisworth?
Book of Issaiah, ch.3
16 Yahweh says: Because Zion's daughters are proud and walk with heads held high and enticing eyes -- with mincing steps they go, jingling the bangles on their feet-
17 the Lord will give Zion's daughters scabby heads, Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.
18 That day the Lord will take away the ornamental chains, medallions, crescents,
19 pendants, bracelets, trinkets,
20 diadems, ankle-chains, necklaces, scent bottles, amulets,
21 finger-rings, nose-rings,
22 party dresses, cloaks, scarves, purses,
23 mirrors, linen clothes, turbans and mantillas.
24 Then, instead of perfume, a stink; instead of belt, a rope, instead of hair elaborately dressed, a shaven scalp, instead of gorgeous clothes, sacking round the waist, and brand marks instead of beauty.
25 Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle,
Book of Issaiah, ch. 13
9 Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, merciless, with wrath and burning anger, to reduce the country to a desert and root out the sinners from it.
9 Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, merciless, with wrath and burning anger, to reduce the country to a desert and root out the sinners from it.
10 For in the sky the stars and Orion will shed their light no longer, the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will no longer give its light.
11 I am going to punish the world for its wickedness and the wicked for their guilt, and put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humble the haughtiness of despots.
12 I shall make people scarcer than pure gold, human life scarcer than the gold of Ophir.
13 This is why I am going to shake the heavens, why the earth will reel on its foundations, under the wrath of Yahweh Sabaoth, the day when his anger ignites.
14 Then like a hunted gazelle, like sheep that nobody gathers in, everyone will head back to his people, everyone will flee to his native land.
15 All those who are found will be stabbed, all those captured will fall by the sword,
16 their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered, their wives raped.
17 Look, against them I am stirring up the Medes who care nothing for silver, who set no value by gold.
18 Bows will annihilate the young men, they will have no pity for the fruit of the womb, or mercy in their eyes for children.
19 And Babylon, that pearl of kingdoms, that splendid jewel of the Chaldaeans, will, like Sodom and Gomorrah, be overthrown by God.
20 Never again will anyone live there or reside there for all generations to come. Never again will the Arab pitch his tent there, or the shepherds bring their flocks to rest.
21 But beasts of the desert will make their haunt there and owls fill their houses, there ostriches will settle their home, there goats will dance.
22 Hyenas will howl in its towers, jackals in its delightful palaces, for its doom is about to come and its days will not last long.
Book of Issaiah, ch. 14
22 'I will rise against them, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, and deprive Babylon of name, remnant, offspring and posterity, declares Yahweh.
22 'I will rise against them, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, and deprive Babylon of name, remnant, offspring and posterity, declares Yahweh.
23 I shall turn it into the haunt of hedgehogs, a swamp. I shall sweep it with the broom of destruction, declares Yahweh Sabaoth.'
Book of Issaiah, ch. 24
15 'Yes, in the east, give glory to Yahweh, in the islands of the sea, to the name of Yahweh, God of Israel!'
15 'Yes, in the east, give glory to Yahweh, in the islands of the sea, to the name of Yahweh, God of Israel!'
16 We have heard psalms from the remotest parts of earth, 'Glory to the Upright One!' But I thought, 'What an ordeal, what an ordeal! What misery for me!' The traitors have betrayed, the traitors have acted most treacherously.
17 Fear, the pit and the snare for you, inhabitants of the city!
18 And whoever flees from the cry of fear will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare. Yes, the sluice-gates above are open, the foundations of the earth are quaking.
19 A cracking, the earth cracks open, a jolting, the earth gives a jolt, a lurching, the earth lurches backwards and forwards.
20 The earth will reel to and fro like a drunkard, it will be shaken like a shanty; so heavy will be its sin on it, it will fall, never to rise again.
21 When that day comes, Yahwehwill punish the armies of the sky above and on earth the kings of the earth;
22 they will be herded together, herded together like prisoners in a dungeon and shut up in gaol, and, after long years, punished.
23 The moon will be confused and the sun ashamed, for YahwehSabaoth is king on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and the Glorywill radiate on their elders.
Book of Zechariah, ch. 13
8 So it will be, throughout the country- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- two-thirds in it will be cut off (be killed) and the other third will be left.
8 So it will be, throughout the country- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- two-thirds in it will be cut off (be killed) and the other third will be left.
9 I shall pass this third through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, test them as gold is tested. He will call on my name and I shall answer him; I shall say, 'He is my people,' and he will say, 'Yahweh is my God!'
