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Isaiah 13

Isa. 13:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
ye; for the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
n of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is at hand
qarowb (Hebrew #7138)
from 7126; near (in place, kindred or time)
KJV usage: allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
Pronounce: kaw-robe'
Origin: or qarob {kaw-robe'}
; it shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
as a destruction
shod (Hebrew #7701)
from 7736; violence, ravage
KJV usage: desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, - ing), wasting.
Pronounce: shode
Origin: or showd (Job 5:21) {shode}
from the Almighty
Shadday (Hebrew #7706)
the Almighty
KJV usage: Almighty.
Pronounce: shad-dah'-ee
Origin: from 7703
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Zeph. 1:7• 7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah: for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. (Zeph. 1:7)
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Rev. 6:17• 17for the great day of his wrath is come; and who is able to stand? (Rev. 6:17)

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Almighty,
Day of the Lord,
Destruction

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Howl ye.
Isa. 14:31• 31Howl, O gate! cry, O city! dissolved, O Philistia, [is] the whole of thee; for out of the north cometh smoke, and none straggleth in his gatherings. (Isa. 14:31)
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Isa. 23:1• 1The burden of Tyre. (Isa. 23:1)
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Isa. 52:5• 5Now therefore, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people is taken away for nought? their rulers make them howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day [is] blasphemed. (Isa. 52:5)
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Isa. 65:14• 14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. (Isa. 65:14)
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Jer. 25:34• 34Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. (Jer. 25:34)
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Jer. 49:3• 3Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. (Jer. 49:3)
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Jer. 51:8• 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. (Jer. 51:8)
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Ezek. 21:12• 12Cry and howl, 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: smite therefore upon thy thigh. (Ezek. 21:12)
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Ezek. 30:2• 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus, saith the Lord Jehovah; Howl ye, Alas for the day! (Ezek. 30:2)
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Joel 1:5,11,13• 5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
 11Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.
 13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God. (Joel 1:5,11,13)
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Zeph. 1:14• 14The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of Jehovah: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. (Zeph. 1:14)
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James 5:1• 1Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on. (James 5:1)
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Rev. 18:10• 10standing afar off because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour came thy judgment. (Rev. 18:10)
for the day.
Isa. 13:9• 9Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (Isa. 13:9)
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Isa. 34:8• 8For [it is] the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. (Isa. 34:8)
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Ezek. 30:3• 3For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. (Ezek. 30:3)
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Joel 2:11,31• 11and Jehovah shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of Jehovah come. (Joel 2:11,31)
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Amos 5:18• 18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! to what end is it for you? the day of Jehovah is darkness, and not light. (Amos 5:18)
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Zeph. 1:7• 7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah: for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. (Zeph. 1:7)
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Zeph. 2:2‑3• 2before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.
 3Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger. (Zeph. 2:2‑3)
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Mal. 4:5• 5Behold I send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah. (Mal. 4:5)
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1 Thess. 5:2‑3• 2For yourselves know thoroughly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief at night.
 3When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:2‑3)
as a.
Job 31:23• 23For the destruction of God [El] was a terror to me,{HR}And before his majesty I was powerless. (Job 31:23)
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Joel 1:15• 15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. (Joel 1:15)
• The predicted destruction will arrive when “the day of the Lord” sets in, as verses 6 and 9 show; hence the terrible overthrow, detailed in verses 1-16, will be witnessed in the last days, and be executed upon the proud Gentile power of which Babylon was the head and front, as we see in Daniel 2 and 7. (“Isaiah 13” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almightyk.

JND Translation Notes

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There is an assonance in "destruction" and "Almighty." Shod, Shaddai; the same in Joel 1.15.

W. Kelly Translation

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Howl ye; for the day of Jehovah [is] at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.