Isaiah 13:9

See, the day of Yahweh comes with cruel wrath and overflowing anger, 1 to make the land a desolation and to destroy the sinners from it. 1

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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

8They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. 1 They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame. 1

10The stars of heaven and the constellations will not give their light. 1 The sun will be darkened even from dawn, and the moon will not shine. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, 1 and the faithless will be cut off from it.

Isaiah 13:6Howl, for the day of Yahweh is near; it comes with destruction from the Almighty. 1

Isaiah 34:8For it will be a day of vengeance for Yahweh and a year when he will pay them back for the cause of Zion. 1

Isaiah 63:4For I looked forward to the day of vengeance, and the year for my redemption had arrived. 1

Jeremiah 6:22Yahweh says this, 'See, a people is coming from the land of the north, 1 a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth. 1

Jeremiah 51:35The one who lives in Zion will say, 'May the violence done to me and my flesh be on Babylon.' 1 Jerusalem will say, 'May my blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea.' 1

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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