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Isaiah 13:8 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
Isaiah 13:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
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.
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
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."
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
"Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High."
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