Isaiah 13:9

See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

In Context

8Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

10For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

Isaiah 13:6Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

Isaiah 34:8For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

Isaiah 63:4For the day of punishment is in my heart, and the year for the payment of the price for my people has come.

Jeremiah 6:22The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.

Jeremiah 51:35May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say; and, May my blood be on the people of Chaldaea, Jerusalem will say.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:7-19

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy… Read the whole commentary →

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