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Isaiah 13:6

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¶ Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
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  1. Joel 1:15Rank 1 from verse 6
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    15Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  3. Amos 5:18Rank 3 from verse 6
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    18Woe 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.

  4. Ezekiel 30:2–3Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

    3For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

  5. Isaiah 13:9Rank 5 from verse 6
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    9Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

  6. Zephaniah 1:7Rank 6 from verse 6
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    7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

  7. Isaiah 2:12Rank 7 from verse 6
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    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

  8. Isaiah 34:8Rank 8 from verse 6
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    8For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

  9. Jeremiah 51:8Rank 9 from verse 6
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    8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

  10. Joel 2:11Rank 10 from verse 6
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    11And the Lord 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 the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

  11. Revelation 18:10Rank 11 from verse 6
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    10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

  12. Zephaniah 1:14Rank 12 from verse 6
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    14The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

  13. Isaiah 14:31Rank 13 from verse 6
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    31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

  14. James 5:1Rank 14 from verse 6
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    1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

  15. Job 31:23Rank 15 from verse 6
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    23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  16. Joel 1:13Rank 16 from verse 6
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    13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

  17. Joel 1:5Rank 17 from verse 6
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    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.

  18. Joel 2:31Rank 18 from verse 6
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    31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

  19. Malachi 4:5Rank 19 from verse 6
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    5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

  20. Zephaniah 2:2–3Rank 20 from verse 6
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    2Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

    3Seek ye the Lord, 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 the Lord’s anger.

  21. Ezekiel 21:12Rank 21 from verse 6
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    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.

  22. Isaiah 23:1Rank 22 from verse 6
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    1THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

  23. Isaiah 52:5Rank 23 from verse 6
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    5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

  24. Isaiah 65:14Rank 24 from verse 6
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    14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

  25. Jeremiah 49:3Rank 25 from verse 6
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    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.

  26. Joel 1:11Rank 26 from verse 6
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    11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

  27. Jeremiah 25:34Rank 27 from verse 6
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    34¶ Howl, 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.

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Isaiah 13:6

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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13:6¶ Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

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13:7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:

13:8And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

13:9Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

13:10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

13:11And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13:13Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

13:14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

13:15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

13:16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

13:17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

13:18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

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