Isaiah 13

The prophecies Isaiah concerning Babylon some 150 years before must be recognized as quite phenomenal. The wickedness of Babylon must have so flagrant, that in modern revelation, the use of the term Babylon represents a wicked generation or "the world" or worldliness or carnility.

At one time, Babylon may have been the greatest city on earth in wealth, power, and luxury. With its great walls, none ever thought it could be conquered. Yet Isaiah went on to prophecy the word of the Lord -

"I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity...And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished." (Old Testament | Isaiah 13:11, 14 - 16)

Isaiah even prophecied who would conquer Babylon -

"...I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
19 ¶ And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah." (Old Testament | Isaiah 13:17 - 19)

But what is even a greater testimony of the words of Isaiah, he prophesied that Babylon, like Sodom and Gomorrah, would never be rebuilt, for -

"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.
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.
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 days shall not be prolonged." (Old Testament | Isaiah 13:20 - 22)

We have been blessed in our day to know that revelation was completely fulfilled. Isaiah even said of the King of Babylon -

"That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee." (Old Testament | Isaiah 14:4 - 11)

A reminder is given to all leaders that seek power, that they like the king of Babylon will become weak like them in the world of spirits.