Isaiah 13:11

¹¹“I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty.

Isaiah 13 opens a major section of the book, shifting from promises of a coming King to a series of oracles against the nations. This chapter delivers a devastating prophecy against Babylon, the empire that would later conquer Judah. The language is cosmic and apocalyptic: the Day o