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They come from a distant country, from the uttermost part of the heavens [the far east]—even the Lord and the weapons of His indignation—to seize and destroy the whole land.(A)

Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty and Sufficient One [Shaddai] will it come!(B)

Therefore will [a]all hands be feeble, and every man’s heart will melt.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:7 Babylon was taken by surprise on the night of Belshazzar’s sacrilegious feast, when Belshazzar was slain and Darius the Mede was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans (Dan. 5:30).

They come from faraway lands,
    from the ends of the heavens(A)
the Lord and the weapons(B) of his wrath(C)
    to destroy(D) the whole country.

Wail,(E) for the day(F) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction(G) from the Almighty.[a](H)
Because of this, all hands will go limp,(I)
    every heart will melt with fear.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai