Verse 9

Behold, the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} cometh,{H935} cruel,{H394} with wrath{H5678} and fierce{H2740} anger;{H639} to make{H7760} the land{H776} a desolation,{H8047} and to destroy{H8045} the sinners{H2400} thereof out of it.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail{H3213} ye; for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is at hand;{H7138} as destruction{H7701} from the Almighty{H7706} shall it come.{H935}
  • Isa 13:15-18 : 15 Every one that is found{H4672} shall be thrust through;{H1856} and every one that is taken{H5595} shall fall{H5307} by the sword.{H2719} 16 Their infants{H5768} also shall be dashed in pieces{H7376} before their eyes;{H5869} their houses{H1004} shall be rifled,{H8155} and their wives{H802} ravished.{H7901} 17 Behold, I will stir up{H5782} the Medes{H4074} against them, who shall not regard{H2803} silver,{H3701} and as for gold,{H2091} they shall not delight{H2654} in it. 18 And [their] bows{H7198} shall dash{H7376} the young men{H5288} in pieces;{H7376} and they shall have no pity{H7355} on the fruit{H6529} of the womb;{H990} their eye{H5869} shall not spare{H2347} children.{H1121}
  • Isa 47:10-15 : 10 For thou hast trusted{H982} in thy wickedness;{H7451} thou hast said,{H559} None seeth{H7200} me; thy wisdom{H2451} and thy knowledge,{H1847} it hath perverted{H7725} thee, and thou hast said{H559} in thy heart,{H3820} I am, and there is none else{H657} besides me. 11 Therefore shall evil{H7451} come{H935} upon thee; thou shalt not know{H3045} the dawning{H7837} thereof: and mischief{H1943} shall fall{H5307} upon thee; thou shalt not be able{H3201} to put it away:{H3722} and desolation{H7722} shall come{H935} upon thee suddenly,{H6597} which thou knowest{H3045} not. 12 Stand{H5975} now with thine enchantments,{H2267} and with the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries,{H3785} wherein{H834} thou hast labored{H3021} from thy youth;{H5271} if so be thou shalt be able{H3201} to profit,{H3276} if so be thou mayest prevail.{H6206} 13 Thou art wearied{H3811} in the multitude{H7230} of thy counsels:{H6098} let now the astrologers,{H1895} the star-gazers,{H2374} the monthly{H2320} prognosticators,{H3045} stand up,{H5975} and save{H3467} thee from the things that shall come{H935} upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble;{H7179} the fire{H784} shall burn{H8313} them; they shall not deliver{H5337} themselves{H5315} from the power{H3027} of the flame:{H3852} it shall not be a coal{H1513} to warm{H2552} at, nor a fire{H217} to sit{H3427} before. 15 Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored:{H3021} they that have trafficked{H5503} with thee from thy youth{H5271} shall wander{H8582} every one{H376} to his quarter;{H5676} there shall be none to save{H3467} thee.
  • Jer 6:22-23 : 22 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, a people{H5971} cometh{H935} from the north{H6828} country;{H776} and a great{H1419} nation{H1471} shall be stirred{H5782} up from the uttermost parts{H3411} of the earth.{H776} 23 They lay hold{H2388} on bow{H7198} and spear;{H3591} they are cruel,{H394} and have no mercy;{H7355} their voice{H6963} roareth{H1993} like the sea,{H3220} and they ride{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} every one set in array,{H6186} as a man{H376} to the battle,{H4421} against thee, O daughter{H1323} of Zion.{H6726}
  • Ps 104:35 : 35 Let sinners{H2400} be consumed{H8552} out of the earth.{H776} And let the wicked{H7563} be no more. Bless{H1288} Jehovah,{H3068} O my soul.{H5315} Praise{H1288} ye Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked{H7563} shall be cut off{H3772} from the land,{H776} And the treacherous{H898} shall be rooted out{H5255} of it.
  • Jer 50:40-42 : 40 As when God{H430} overthrew{H4114} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah{H6017} and the neighbor{H7934} cities thereof, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} so shall no man{H376} dwell{H3427} there, neither shall any son{H1121} of man{H120} sojourn{H1481} therein. 41 Behold, a people{H5971} cometh{H935} from the north;{H6828} and a great{H1419} nation{H1471} and many{H7227} kings{H4428} shall be stirred up{H5782} from the uttermost parts{H3411} of the earth.{H776} 42 They lay hold{H2388} on bow{H7198} and spear;{H3591} they are cruel,{H394} and have no mercy;{H7355} their voice{H6963} roareth{H1993} like the sea;{H3220} and they ride{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} every one set in array,{H6186} as a man{H376} to the battle,{H4421} against thee, O daughter{H1323} of Babylon.{H894}
  • Jer 51:35-58 : 35 The violence{H2555} done to me and to my flesh{H7607} be upon Babylon,{H894} shall the inhabitant{H3427} of Zion{H6726} say;{H559} and, My blood{H1818} be upon the inhabitants{H3427} of Chaldea,{H3778} shall Jerusalem{H3389} say.{H559} 36 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, I will plead{H7378} thy cause,{H7379} and take vengeance{H5358} for thee;{H5360} and I will dry up{H2717} her sea,{H3220} and make her fountain{H4726} dry.{H3001} 37 And Babylon{H894} shall become heaps,{H1530} a dwelling-place{H4583} for jackals,{H8577} an astonishment,{H8047} and a hissing,{H8322} without inhabitant.{H3427} 38 They shall roar{H7580} together{H3162} like young lions;{H3715} they shall growl{H5286} as lions'{H738} whelps.{H1484} 39 When they are heated,{H2527} I will make{H7896} their feast,{H4960} and I will make them drunken,{H7937} that they may rejoice,{H5937} and sleep{H3462} a perpetual{H5769} sleep,{H8142} and not wake,{H6974} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 40 I will bring them down{H3381} like lambs{H3733} to the slaughter,{H2873} like rams{H352} with he-goats.{H6260} 41 How is Sheshach{H8347} taken!{H3920} and the praise{H8416} of the whole earth{H776} seized!{H8610} how is Babylon{H894} become a desolation{H8047} among the nations!{H1471} 42 The sea{H3220} is come up{H5927} upon Babylon;{H894} she is covered{H3680} with the multitude{H1995} of the waves{H1530} thereof. 43 Her cities{H5892} are become a desolation,{H8047} a dry{H6723} land,{H776} and a desert,{H6160} a land{H776} wherein no man{H376} dwelleth,{H3427} neither doth any son{H1121} of man{H120} pass{H5674} thereby.{H2004} 44 And I will execute judgment{H6485} upon Bel{H1078} in Babylon,{H894} and I will bring forth{H3318} out{H3318} of his mouth{H6310} that which he hath swallowed up;{H1105} and the nations{H1471} shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall{H2346} of Babylon{H894} shall fall.{H5307} 45 My people,{H5971} go ye out{H3318} of the midst{H8432} of her, and save{H4422} yourselves{H5315} every man{H376} from the fierce{H2740} anger{H639} of Jehovah.{H3068} 46 And let not your heart{H3824} faint,{H7401} neither fear{H3372} ye for the tidings{H8052} that shall be heard{H8085} in the land;{H776} for tidings{H8052} shall come{H935} one year,{H8141} and after{H310} that in another year{H8141} shall come tidings,{H8052} and violence{H2555} in the land,{H776} ruler{H4910} against ruler.{H4910} 47 Therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} that I will execute judgment{H6485} upon the graven images{H6456} of Babylon;{H894} and her whole land{H776} shall be confounded;{H954} and all her slain{H2491} shall fall{H5307} in the midst{H8432} of her. 48 Then the heavens{H8064} and the earth,{H776} and all that is therein, shall sing{H7442} for joy over Babylon;{H894} for the destroyers{H7703} shall come{H935} unto her from the north,{H6828} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 49 As{H1571} Babylon{H894} hath caused the slain{H2491} of Israel{H3478} to fall,{H5307} so at Babylon{H894} shall fall{H5307} the slain{H2491} of all the land.{H776} 50 Ye that have escaped{H6405} the sword,{H2719} go{H1980} ye, stand not still;{H5975} remember{H2142} Jehovah{H3068} from afar,{H7350} and let Jerusalem{H3389} come{H5927} into your mind.{H3824} 51 We are confounded,{H954} because we have heard{H8085} reproach;{H2781} confusion{H3639} hath covered{H3680} our faces:{H6440} for strangers{H2114} are come{H935} into the sanctuaries{H4720} of Jehovah's{H3068} house.{H1004} 52 Wherefore, behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that I will execute judgment{H6485} upon her graven images;{H6456} and through all her land{H776} the wounded{H2491} shall groan.{H602} 53 Though Babylon{H894} should mount up{H5927} to heaven,{H8064} and though she should fortify{H1219} the height{H4791} of her strength,{H5797} yet{H227} from me shall destroyers{H7703} come{H935} unto her, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 54 The sound{H6963} of a cry{H2201} from Babylon,{H894} and of great{H1419} destruction{H7667} from the land{H776} of the Chaldeans!{H3778} 55 For Jehovah{H3068} layeth Babylon{H894} waste,{H7703} and destroyeth{H6} out of her the great{H1419} voice;{H6963} and their waves{H1530} roar{H1993} like many{H7227} waters;{H4325} the noise{H7588} of their voice{H6963} is uttered:{H5414} 56 for the destroyer{H7703} is come{H935} upon her, even upon Babylon,{H894} and her mighty men{H1368} are taken,{H3920} their bows{H7198} are broken{H2865} in pieces; for Jehovah{H3068} is a God{H410} of recompenses,{H1578} he will surely{H7999} requite.{H7999} 57 And I will make drunk{H7937} her princes{H8269} and her wise{H2450} men, her governors{H6346} and her deputies,{H5461} and her mighty men;{H1368} and they shall sleep{H3462} a perpetual{H5769} sleep,{H8142} and not wake,{H6974} saith{H5002} the King,{H4428} whose name{H8034} is Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} 58 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} The broad{H7342} walls{H2346} of Babylon{H894} shall be utterly{H6209} overthrown,{H6209} and her high{H1364} gates{H8179} shall be burned{H3341} with fire;{H784} and the peoples{H5971} shall labor{H3021} for vanity,{H7385} and the nations{H3816} for{H1767} the fire;{H784} and they shall be weary.{H3286}
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 Jehovah{H3068} is a jealous{H7072} God{H410} and avengeth;{H5358} Jehovah{H3068} avengeth{H5358} and is full of wrath;{H1167} Jehovah{H3068} taketh vengeance{H5358} on his adversaries,{H6862} and he reserveth{H5201} [wrath] for his enemies.{H341}
  • Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand{H5975} before{H6440} his indignation?{H2195} and who can abide{H6965} in the fierceness{H2740} of his anger?{H639} his wrath{H2534} is poured out{H5413} like fire,{H784} and the rocks{H6697} are broken asunder{H5422} by him.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day{H3117} cometh,{H935} it burneth{H1197} as a furnace;{H8574} and all the proud,{H2086} and all that work{H6213} wickedness,{H7564} shall be stubble;{H7179} and the day{H3117} that cometh{H935} shall burn them up,{H3857} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} that it shall leave{H5800} them neither root{H8328} nor branch.{H6057}
  • Rev 17:16-17 : 16 And{G2532} the ten{G1176} horns{G2768} which{G3739} thou sawest,{G1492} and{G2532} the beast,{G2342} these{G3778} shall hate{G3404} the harlot,{G4204} and{G2532} shall make{G4160} her{G846} desolate{G2049} and{G2532} naked,{G1131} and{G2532} shall eat{G5315} her{G846} flesh,{G4561} and{G2532} shall burn{G2618} her{G846} utterly with{G1722} fire.{G4442} 17 For{G1063} God{G2316} did put{G1325} in{G1519} their{G846} hearts{G2588} to do{G4160} his{G846} mind,{G1106} and{G2532} to come to one{G1520} mind,{G1106} and{G2532} to give{G1325} their{G846} kingdom{G932} unto the beast,{G2342} until{G891} the words{G4487} of God{G2316} should be accomplished.{G5055}
  • Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore{G5124} {G1223} in{G1722} one{G1520} day{G2250} shall{G2240} her{G846} plagues{G4127} come,{G2240} death,{G2288} and{G2532} mourning,{G3997} and{G2532} famine;{G3042} and{G2532} she shall be utterly burned{G2618} with{G1722} fire;{G4442} for{G3754} strong{G2478} is the Lord{G2962} God{G2316} who judged{G2919} her.{G846}
  • Rev 19:17-21 : 17 And{G2532} I saw{G1492} an{G1520} angel{G32} standing{G2476} in{G1722} the sun;{G2246} and{G2532} he cried{G2896} with a loud{G3173} voice,{G5456} saying{G3004} to all{G3956} the birds{G3732} that fly{G4072} in{G1722} mid heaven,{G3321} Come{G1205} [and]{G2532} be gathered together{G4863} unto{G1519} the great{G3173} supper{G1173} of God;{G2316} 18 that{G2443} ye may eat{G5315} the flesh{G4561} of kings,{G935} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of captains,{G5506} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of mighty men,{G2478} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of horses{G2462} and{G2532} of them that sit{G2521} thereon,{G1909} {G846} and{G2532} the flesh{G4561} of all{G3956} men, both free{G1658} and{G2532} bond,{G1401} and{G2532} small{G3398} and{G2532} great.{G3173} 19 And{G2532} I saw{G1492} the beast,{G2342} and{G2532} the kings{G935} of the earth,{G1093} and{G2532} their{G846} armies,{G4753} gathered together{G4863} to make{G4160} war{G4171} against{G3326} him{G3588} that sat{G2521} upon{G1909} the horse,{G2462} and{G2532} against{G3326} his{G846} army.{G4753} 20 And{G2532} the beast{G2342} was taken,{G4084} and{G2532} with{G3326} him{G5127} the false prophet{G5578} that wrought{G4160} the signs{G4592} in his{G846} sight,{G1799} {G1722} wherewith{G3739} he deceived{G4105} them that had received{G2983} the mark{G5480} of the beast{G2342} and{G2532} them that worshipped{G4352} his{G846} image:{G1504} they two{G1417} were cast{G906} alive{G2198} into{G1519} the lake{G3041} of fire{G4442} that burneth{G2545} with{G1722} brimstone:{G2303} 21 and{G2532} the rest{G3062} were killed{G615} with{G1722} the sword{G4501} of him{G3588} that sat{G2521} upon{G1909} the horse,{G2462} [even the sword] which{G3588} came forth{G1607} out of{G1537} his{G846} mouth:{G4750} and{G2532} all{G3956} the birds{G3732} were filled{G5526} with{G1537} their{G846} flesh.{G4561}