Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Wail you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
New American Standard Bible
It will come as
King James Version
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Holman Bible
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
International Standard Version
Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!
A Conservative Version
Wail ye, for the day of LORD is at hand. It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
American Standard Version
Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Amplified
Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!
It will come as
Bible in Basic English
Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.
Darby Translation
Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.
Julia Smith Translation
Pipe ye, for the day of Jehovah draws near; as desolation shall it come from the Almighty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Wail, for the day of Yahweh [is] near; it will come like destruction from Shaddai!
Modern King James verseion
Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mourn therefore, for the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.
NET Bible
Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.
New Heart English Bible
Wail; for the day of the LORD is at hand. It will come as destruction from Shaddai.
The Emphasized Bible
Howl ye! for at hand is the day of Yahweh, - As a veritable destruction from the Almighty, shall it come.
Webster
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
World English Bible
Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Youngs Literal Translation
Howl ye, for near is the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
Themes
Days » Times of adversity called day of the lord
Days » A time of judgment called a day of » The lord
Interlinear
Yowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 13:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Babylon
5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 Wail you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every man's heart shall melt:
Names
Cross References
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Zephaniah 1:7
Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bidden his guests.
Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy its sinners out of it.
Isaiah 14:31
Wail, O gate; cry, O city; you, all of Philistia, are dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Isaiah 34:8
For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.
Jeremiah 51:8
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Ezekiel 30:2-3
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Wail, Alas for the day!
Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Job 31:23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I could not endure.
Isaiah 23:1
The burden concerning Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, that my people are taken away for nothing? they that rule over them make them to wail, says the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isaiah 65:14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are come; and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
Jeremiah 49:3
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered: cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro inside the walls; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and wail, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: strike therefore upon your thigh.
Joel 1:5
Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:11
Be ashamed, O you farmers; wail, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.
Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: wail, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 2:11
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can endure it?
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.
Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens quickly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: there the mighty man shall cry out bitterly.
Zephaniah 2:2-3
Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Revelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment come.