Isaiah 13:6
“Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”
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.
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.
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.
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“Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”
“Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.”
“For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.”
“He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.”
“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:”