2 Nephi 23

1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto

3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty

4The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great

5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the

6Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a

7Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man’s heart shall melt;

8And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of

9Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and

10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not

11And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their

12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than

13Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove

14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man

15Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every

16Their children, also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not

18Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces, and they

19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’

20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from

21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses

22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate