For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.
Isaiah 13:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Wail! For the day of the Lord is near. It will come as destruction from the Almighty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty and Sufficient One [Shaddai] will it come! [Gen. 17:1.] American Standard Version (1901) Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Common English Bible Wail, for the day of the LORD is near. Like destruction from the Almighty it will come. Catholic Public Domain Version Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord. |
For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.
In only a little while my wrath will be spent and my anger will turn to their destruction.’
What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Look, the day of the Lord is coming – cruel, with fury and burning anger – to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners.
‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons, and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
Wail, you gates! Cry out, city! Tremble with fear, all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
For a day belonging to the Lord of Armies is coming against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up #– #it will be humbled –
A pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your haven has been destroyed. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. ,
The Lord is angry with all the nations, furious with all their armies. He will set them apart for destruction, giving them over to slaughter.
For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying back Edom for its hostility against Zion.
But disaster will happen to you; you will not know how to avert it. And it will fall on you, but you will be unable to ward it off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
So now what have I here’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘that my people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn,
For I planned the day of vengeance, and the year of my redemption came.
Look! My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart, but you will cry out from an anguished heart, and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.
Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated; cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and lament; run back and forth within your walls, because Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound – perhaps she can be healed.
You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall round the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.
‘Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel! They are given over to the sword with my people. Therefore strike your thigh in grief.
This is the interpretation of the message: “Mene” means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.
Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face turned pale, and his nobles were bewildered.
Be ashamed, you farmers, wail, you vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, because grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Woe because of that day! For the day of the Lord is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth.
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the residents of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; in fact, it is near –
The Lord makes his voice heard in the presence of his army. His camp is very large; those who carry out his command are powerful. Indeed, the day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful – who can endure it?
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! What will the day of the Lord be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. Listen, the day of the Lord – then the warrior’s cry is bitter.
Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near. Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated his guests.
Look, a day belonging to the Lord is coming when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your presence.
Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgement has come.