Isaiah 13:8 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And 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. {be amazed: Heb. wonder} {one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour} {flames: Heb. faces of the flames}”

Isaiah 13:8

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

Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: {be faint: or, fall down}

And 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. {be amazed: Heb. wonder} {one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour} {flames: Heb. faces of the flames}

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.

For 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.

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Isaiah 13:1

"The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see."

Isaiah 13:2

"Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles."

Isaiah 13:3

"I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, {even} them that rejoice in my highness."

Isaiah 13:4

"The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. {like...: Heb. the likeness of}"

Isaiah 13:5

"They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, {even} the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land."

Isaiah 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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