🕊️WEB · Isaiah 13:6

What does Isaiah 13:6 mean?

"Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty."

— Isaiah 13:6 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

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The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle.

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They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

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Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.

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They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.

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Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.

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