NET Bible
"Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One."
— Isaiah 13:6, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.
There is a loud noise on the mountains– it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms– nations are being assembled! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is mustering forces for battle.
They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the LORD with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.
Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.
For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
They panic– cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red.
Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.