Isaiah 13:11
11 And I will punish [paqad] the world [tebel] for their
evil [ra`], and the wicked [rasha`] for their iniquity [`avon];
and I will cause the arrogancy [ga'own] of the
proud [zed] to cease [shabath], and will lay low [shaphel]
the haughtiness [ga`avah] of the terrible [`ariyts]. KJV-Interlinear
11 Thus I will punish the world
for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the
arrogance of the proud, And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless. NASB
And here is the reason
for the demise of Babylon. It is evil
and its inhabitants practice sin as a matter of their normal pattern of life,
with little or no regard for their thoughts or actions.
But not only the region
described as Babylon, but the entire world will be judged and destroyed.
Within this verse, the
entire world is placed on notice. Do
evil, and your time will come. And when
it does come, the destruction will be total and thorough and complete such that
no one will survive.
This applies to each
individual who lives throughout history as they pursue evil during the course
of their life, lest anyone tries to think they will get out of some sort of
judgment prior to the end of the world, as well as the entire world when God
finally decides to end human history where humanity rules the world under the
guidelines of evil.
And so we have the
final days of history, the end of the world prophecy, for humanity.
With lots of books and
movies and jokes, even crazy people with signs, regardless of what you think or
believe, there will come a time when God will put an end to evil, and when that
day comes it will not be pretty, and those who are around to experience it will
continue to disbelieve even in the face of their certain and final demise.
