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The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, the day of Yahweh is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Listen carefully, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with wrath and raging anger, To make the land a horror [of devastation]; And He shall exterminate its sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, the day of the LORD is coming — cruel, with fury and burning anger — to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, the day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with rage and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners on it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I, the LORD, will show no mercy or pity when that time comes. In my anger I will destroy the earth and every sinner who lives on it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The day of the LORD is going to come. It will be a cruel day with fury and fierce anger. He will make the earth desolate. He will destroy its sinners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The day of the LORD is coming--that cruel day of his fierce anger and fury. The earth will be made a wilderness, and every sinner will be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with wrath and fierce anger— to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming?cruel, with fury and burning anger?to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy its sinners out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of YHWH comes, "" Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, "" To make the land become a desolation, "" Indeed, He destroys its sinning ones from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the day of Jehovah coming fierce and overflowing, and burning anger to set the earth for desolation: and he will destroy the sinner out of it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and burning anger; To lay waste the land and destroy the sinners within it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />See, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation, and to destroy its sinners from it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD comes, which has no remedy, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, the day of LORD JEHOVAH comes that has no healing in it, and angry and hot is his passion, for he shall make the land a wilderness, and its sinners he shall destroy from it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, Cruel, and full of wrath and fierce anger; To make the earth a desolation, And to destroy the sinners thereof out of it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which cannot be escaped, <i>a day</i> of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/13-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2790" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">An Oracle Concerning Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm- (N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the Day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">is coming—</a> <a href="/hebrew/394.htm" title="394: ’aḵ·zā·rî (Adj-ms) -- Cruel. From 'akzar; terrible.">cruel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5678.htm" title="5678: wə·‘eḇ·rāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Overflow, arrogance, fury. Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion.">with fury</a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: wa·ḥă·rō·wn (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">and burning anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’āp̄ (N-ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: lā·śūm (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">a desolation</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: yaš·mîḏ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">and to destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/2400.htm" title="2400: wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’e·hā (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc:: 3fs) -- Sinful, sinners. Intensively from chata'; a criminal, or one accounted guilty.">the sinners</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">within it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a></span><br />The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29-30</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12-17</a></span><br />And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, / and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. / The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a></span><br />But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a></span><br />For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-3.htm">Ezekiel 30:3</a></span><br />For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-18.htm">Amos 5:18-20</a></span><br />Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Revelation 16:14-16</a></span><br />These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. / “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.” / And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-1.htm">Zechariah 14:1-2</a></span><br />Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. / For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-15.htm">Joel 1:15</a></span><br />Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Obadiah 1:15</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25-27</a></span><br />There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. / At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.</p><p class="hdg">cruel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a></b></br> Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined <i>unto them</i> shall fall by the sword… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Isaiah 47:10-15</a></b></br> For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I <i>am</i>, and none else beside me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Jeremiah 6:22,23</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></b></br> For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16,17</a></b></br> And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a></b></br> Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong <i>is</i> the Lord God who judgeth her.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-19.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-21.htm">Exterminate</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-4.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-25.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-12.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-16.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-22.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/daniel/11-44.htm">Exterminate</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">God musters the armies of his wrath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">The desolation of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—</b><br>This phrase introduces the concept of the "Day of the LORD," a significant theme in biblical prophecy. It refers to a future time when God will intervene decisively in human history. This day is often associated with both judgment and salvation. In the context of Isaiah, it points to a time of divine retribution against the nations, particularly Babylon. The phrase "Behold" serves as a call to attention, emphasizing the certainty and imminence of this event. The "Day of the LORD" is also mentioned in other prophetic books such as <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14</a>, highlighting its importance across the prophetic literature.<p><b>cruel, with fury and burning anger—</b><br>The description of the day as "cruel" with "fury and burning anger" underscores the severity of God's judgment. This language conveys the intensity of divine wrath against sin and rebellion. In the ancient Near Eastern context, such expressions would resonate with the audience's understanding of a powerful deity executing justice. The imagery of burning anger is consistent with other biblical depictions of God's judgment, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Deuteronomy 32:22</a> and <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a>, where fire symbolizes purification and destruction.<p><b>to make the earth a desolation—</b><br>The phrase "to make the earth a desolation" indicates the extent of the judgment, affecting not just individuals but the entire land. This reflects the comprehensive nature of God's judgment, which can lead to widespread devastation. Historically, the desolation of lands was a common consequence of military conquests and divine judgment, as seen in the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Theologically, it serves as a warning of the consequences of sin and a call to repentance. This desolation is also a precursor to eventual restoration, as seen in later prophecies of renewal and hope.<p><b>and to destroy the sinners within it.</b><br>The focus on "sinners" highlights the moral and ethical dimensions of the judgment. It is not arbitrary but directed against those who have persistently rebelled against God. This aligns with the biblical principle that God's judgment is just and righteous, as seen in passages like <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30</a> and <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5-6</a>. The destruction of sinners serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. It also points to the ultimate separation of the righteous from the wicked, a theme that is further developed in the New Testament, particularly in the teachings of Jesus about the final judgment (e.g., <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, representing God's sovereignty and justice. The "Day of the LORD" is a recurring theme in the Bible, signifying a time of divine intervention and judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The setting for the prophesied events, symbolizing the scope of God's judgment, which is not limited to a single nation but encompasses the entire world.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sinners.htm">Sinners</a></b><br>Those who are the target of God's judgment. In the context of Isaiah, this often refers to those who have turned away from God's commandments and engaged in idolatry and injustice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers this message. His role is to convey God's warnings and promises to the people of Judah and beyond.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>While not mentioned directly in this verse, the broader context of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13</a> is a prophecy against Babylon, symbolizing human pride and opposition to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_day_of_the_lord.htm">Understanding the Day of the LORD</a></b><br>The "Day of the LORD" is a significant biblical theme that underscores God's ultimate authority and justice. It serves as a reminder of the reality of divine judgment and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_anger.htm">God's Righteous Anger</a></b><br>The passage highlights God's righteous anger against sin. It is crucial to understand that God's anger is not arbitrary but is directed against sin and injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The impending judgment serves as a call to repentance. Believers are encouraged to examine their lives, turn away from sin, and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>While the passage speaks of judgment, it also reassures believers of God's control over history. God's plans are perfect, and His justice will ultimately prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_eternity.htm">Living in Light of Eternity</a></b><br>This verse challenges believers to live with an eternal perspective, prioritizing spiritual growth and obedience to God over worldly pursuits.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_luke_21_25-26_signs_literal_or_figurative.htm">In Luke 21:25–26, are the cosmic signs literal events that defy scientific explanation, or figurative language open to interpretation? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_rev_8_12's_darkening_occur.htm">In Revelation 8:12, how does a third of the sun, moon, and stars darken without affecting the rest of creation or appearing in other historical records? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_31_10-11_differ_from_history.htm">Why does Ezekiel 31:10–11 depict the downfall of this mighty tree (Assyria) in a manner that seems inconsistent with known historical records of Assyria’s decline? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/zechariah_14_6-7__day_to_night,_then_light.htm">Zechariah 14:6–7 – How can day become night and then return to light in the same day without any normal celestial explanation? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The day of the Lord</span> (see the comment on ver. 6). <span class="cmt_word">Cruel</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> severe and painful, not really "cruel." <span class="cmt_word">To lay the land desolate</span>. As in ver. 5, so here, many would translate <span class="accented">ha-arets</span> by "the earth," and understand a desolation extending far beyond Babylonia. But this is not necessary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/13-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Day</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹם־</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is coming—</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(bā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cruel,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַכְזָרִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ·zā·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_394.htm">Strong's 394: </a> </span><span class="str2">Terrible</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with fury</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֶבְרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘eḇ·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5678.htm">Strong's 5678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Overflow, arrogance, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and burning anger—</span><br /><span class="heb">וַחֲר֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(wa·ḥă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to make</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשׂ֤וּם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·śūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֙רֶץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a desolation</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and to destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">יַשְׁמִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(yaš·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sinners</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַטָּאֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’e·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2400.htm">Strong's 2400: </a> </span><span class="str2">A criminal, one accounted guilty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">within it.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנָּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:9 Behold the day of Yahweh comes cruel (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 13:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>