Catholic Public Domain Version
"Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord. "
— Isaiah 13:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”
“Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. ”
“Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.”
“Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.”
“Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.”
“Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.”
“Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”
In my wrath, I commanded my sanctified ones, and I called my strong ones, those who exult in my glory.
On the mountains, there is the voice of a multitude, as if of a numerous people, a voice with the sound of kings, of nations gathered together. For the Lord of hosts has given orders to soldiers of war,
to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.
Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.
Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.
Writhing and pain will seize them. They will be in pain, like a woman in labor. Each one will appear stupefied to his neighbor. Their countenances will be like faces which have been burned up.
Behold, the day of the Lord approaches: a cruel day, full of indignation and wrath and fury, which will place the earth in solitude and crush the sinners from it.