Isaiah 13:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵילִ֕ילוּ כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב י֣וֹם יְהוָ֑ה כְּשֹׁ֖ד מִשַׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא׃

Transliteration

Hêlîlû for near yôm YHWH like-šōḏ from-Šadday yāḇôʾ

Grammar Details

*hêlîlû*: verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - wail/howl
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*qārôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - near/at hand
*yôm*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - day of
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*kəšōḏ*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - like destruction/devastation
*miššadday*: preposition + proper noun - from the Almighty
*yāḇôʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will come

Word Meanings

*hêlîlû*: wail/howl/lament
*šōḏ*: destruction/devastation/violence/ruin
*Šadday*: the Almighty/All-Sufficient One (divine title)

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Referenced Verses

Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 2:11 : 11 And 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?
Ezek 30:2-3 : 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Isa 2:12 : 12 For 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:
Isa 13:9 : 9 Behold, 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.
Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Amos 5:18 : 18 Woe 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.
Zeph 1:7 : 7 Hold 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.
Zeph 1:14 : 14 The 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.
Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For 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.
Jas 5:1 : 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Rev 18:10 : 10 Standing 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.
Isa 14:31 : 31 Howl, 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.
Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Jer 51:8 : 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Ezek 21:12 : 12 Cry 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.
Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:11 : 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird 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.
Isa 23:1 : 1 The 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.
Isa 52:5 : 5 Now 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.
Isa 65:14 : 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Jer 25:34 : 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.
Jer 49:3 : 3 Howl, 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.
Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 Before 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. 3 Seek 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.
Job 31:23 : 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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