Howl [a]you, for the day of the Lord is at hand: it shall come as a destroyer from the Almighty.

Therefore shall all hands be weakened, and all men’s hearts shall melt.

And they shall be afraid: anguish and sorrow shall take them, and they shall have pain, as a woman that travaileth: everyone shall be amazed at his neighbor, and their faces shall be like [b]flames of fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:6 Ye Babylonians.
  2. Isaiah 13:8 The Babylonians’ anger and grief shall be so much, that their faces shall burn as fire.

Wail,(A) for the day(B) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction(C) from the Almighty.[a](D)
Because of this, all hands will go limp,(E)
    every heart will melt with fear.(F)
Terror(G) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip(H) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.(I)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.(J)

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  1. Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai