Isaiah 13:6 “Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction fro…”

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

World English Bible

Wail, for the LORD’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

American Standard Version

Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Geneva Bible 1599

Howle you, for the day of the Lord is at hande: it shall come as a destroier from the Almightie.

Darby Translation

Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

Young's Literal Translation

Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

Bible in Basic English

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

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Cross references

“Howl ye”

Jeremiah 51:8 Zephaniah 1:14 Revelation 18:10 Isaiah 14:31 Joel 1:5 Joel 1:13

Jeremiah 51:8 · BSB

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

Zephaniah 1:14 · BSB

The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

Revelation 18:10 · BSB

In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Isaiah 14:31 · BSB

Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Joel 1:5 · BSB

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:13 · BSB

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

“for the day”

Isaiah 13:9 Amos 5:18 Zephaniah 1:7 Isaiah 34:8 Joel 2:11 Joel 2:31

Isaiah 13:9 · BSB

Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

Amos 5:18 · BSB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Zephaniah 1:7 · BSB

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

Isaiah 34:8 · BSB

For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Joel 2:11 · BSB

The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

Joel 2:31 · BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

“as a”

Joel 1:15 Job 31:23

Joel 1:15 · BSB

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Job 31:23 · BSB

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Also

Isaiah 2:12

Isaiah 2:12 · BSB

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.

7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

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